Canada, CEF. A 48th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity 41 mm x 63 mm

41 mm x 63 mm inclusive of its crown suspension

Bethmann famously expressed his astonishment that England would go to war for "a scrap of paper" (the 1839 treaty guaranteeing Belgium's neutrality)

24 on pink

scattered silvering wear on the lion insignia

The cap is flanked by bronzed magnetic metal buttons

Canada, CEF. A 48th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity 41 mm x 63 mmIn pickled copper, unmarked, measuring 35. 3 mm (w) x 40. 7 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in British Columbia under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915, with the mobilization headquarters at Victoria. The Battalion sailed July 1, 1915 aboard the R. M. S. Grampian, with a strength of 38 officers and 1,020 other ranks, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. J. H. Holmes, arriving in England on July