Description
with brass dolphin placed above the badge (unit insignia)
Knight with Swords
representative of the Biblical Ten Commandments
You have been subject to personal hardships which have been of greater magnitude than ever before encountered by your organization
29496 Private William John Maitland
Canada. A 259Th Battalion "Siberian Expeditionary Force" Cap Badge GTRexclude with brass dolphin placed aboveBrowning copper, voided, unmarked, 28. 5 mm x 44 mm, extremely fine. Footnote: On July 12, 1918, the Chief of the General Staff was directed to form a Brigade Headquarters, two Infantry Battalions, a Field Artillery Battery, a Machine Gun Company and certain other troops for service in Siberia. With a British Battalion joining the Canadians in Siberia, the contingent would be known as the "Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force". An advance party of