Canada, CEF. A 169th Infantry Battalion "109th Regiment" Cap Badge, Type I with Maple Leaf on a Voided Circle consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 57 mm (w) x

measuring 57 mm (w) x 101 mm (l)

ribbon with a sewn-on horizontal pinback

Kenee enlisted in the 168th Oxford County Battalion on 8th January 1916 at Woodstock

enteritis and laryngitis

the reverse bearing a lengthy handwritten dedication dated 14 September 1915

Canada, CEF. A 169th Infantry Battalion "109th Regiment" Cap Badge, Type I with Maple Leaf on a Voided Circle consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 57 mm (w) xIn browning copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 38. 5 mm in diameter, both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed October 26, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. G. Wright with a strength of 32 officers and 887 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 5th Reserve