Canada, CEF. A 166th Infantry Battalion "Queen's Own Rifles of Canada" Cap Badge United Republic of trimmed with machine-embroidered silver aluminum

trimmed with machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire rays

It was founded in 1815 by Emperor Franz I of Austria as a re-establishment of the original Order of the Iron Crown

This is the first (Lviv) issue of the decoration

the obverse center displaying an enameled hand-painted Order’s insignia

Canada, CEF. A 166th Infantry Battalion "Queen's Own Rifles of Canada" Cap Badge United Republic of trimmed with machine-embroidered silver aluminumIn blackened copper, unmarked, measuring 43 mm (w) x 50. 5 mm (h), 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. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed October 13, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. G. Mitchell with a strength of 32 officers and 859 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 12th Reserve