Canada, Cef. A No. 1 Canadian Overseas Battalion, Railway Construction Corps Officer's Cap Badge Hold the obverse presents a female

the obverse presents a female portrait facing left

Behind the emblem is a vertically oriented oval finely pebbled surface

with a central white enameled medallion bearing a red enameled Lippe rose

and pinned with a silvered zink rank pip and number “12”

München) on the reverse swords

Canada, Cef. A No. 1 Canadian Overseas Battalion, Railway Construction Corps Officer's Cap Badge Hold the obverse presents a femaleIn blackened brass, the "No. 1" silvered, maker marked "ELLIS BROS" on the reverse, measuring 36. 5 mm (w) x 42 mm (h), both lugs intact, the insignia exhibiting surface wear, greening evident on the reverse, better than very fine. Footnote: In the winter of 1915, the Imperial War Office requested that the Canadian Government send two railway construction companies to France. The Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps was organized on May 15,