Australia aboard the SS Ormiston on February 9
attached to "W" Light Battery RCHA before returning to Camp Utopia for the next four months
cypher of Mihailo Obrenović III on the obverse
5 mm (w) x 76 mm (h)
consisting of a Cross Pattée with a blackened magnetic iron core inside of a ribbed silver frame
Canada, CEF. A 53rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction Archive Australia aboard the SS OrmistonIn blackened copper, measuring 35. 7 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Saskatchewan and Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915. The Mobilization headquarters was at Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Battalion embarked Halifax, Nova Scotia, on March 29, 1916 aboard the S. S. Empress of Britain, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel R. M. Dennistoun with a