Canada, Cef. A 40Th Infantry Battalion "Nova Scotia Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1915 Auction Certificate of Service

Certificate of Service

performing search and rescues as well as anti-submarine patrols until January 1943

Sharpshooters used more guerrilla warfare battle tactics than the rest of the Union infantry

Each album has a thick black card front and back cover

measuring 180 mm x 100 mm

Canada, Cef. A 40Th Infantry Battalion "Nova Scotia Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1915 Auction Certificate of ServiceIn pickled copper, blackened, maker marked "R. J. INGLIS LIMITED" on the reverse, measuring 36 mm (w) x 41 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Nova Scotia, under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1st 1915, with mobilization headquarters at Halifax (Aldershot). The Battalion left Canada on October 8, 1915 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel A. Vincent with a strength of 45 officers and 1,090 other ranks. In