Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Cap Badge military

Antique vintage Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry KC issue Cap Badge WW2 Canada military antique WW1 Vintage Antique Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Cap Badge. After WW1 and as far as WW2 Nice piece of Canadian Canada military history Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI, generally referred to as The Patricias) Has both lugs. Has a pin too. Original darker brown patina. From the 1920s-1940s era with Kings crown design. 200.00 Would prefer in person pickup But could mail out with tracking & insurance - I would split the cost with buyer of shipping this was Flexible re pickup Elmsdale Road M4J 3M3 Donlands O'Connor East York Don Mills south exit off DVP Just south of Leaside bridge At the outbreak of World War I, when Canada was lacking regular military forces, the then-Captain Andrew Hamilton Gault raised the Patricias. Hamilton Gault offered $100,000 (around 2 million in 2006 Canadian Dollars) to finance and equip a battalion in order to participate in the Canadian war effort overseas. The government temporarily accepted his offer on August 6, 1914, and officially authorized it on August 10, 1914. The Department of Militia and Defence contributed to the equipment of the unit. As a Canadian regiment mobilized in a time of wartime shortages, the regiment was equipped with weapons from a variety of sources. Private soldiers initially carried the Canadian .303 Ross rifle, while officers, gunners, and noncommissioned officers normally carried the 1914 Colt Canadian-contract .45 M1911 pistol. The PPCLI served for a year with the 80th Brigade before joining the new 7th Brigade within the 3rd Canadian Division on December 22, 1915. In 1916 the regiment fought major battles at Mount Sorrel and on the Somme. It was not until October 1916 that the first Canadian, Lt Col Agar Adamson, was appointed to command the regiment. In 1917 as part of the Canadian Corps, the regiment took part in the Battle of Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917, and Passchendaele later the same year. In 1918 the regiment fought at Amiens, Jigsaw Wood and Canal du Nord as part of the great battles of the Hundred Days that ended the war. The 4th Company, PPCLI, entered Mons with other Canadian troops early on November 11, 1918, before the armistice took effect at 11 AM. World War II began in Europe on September, 1st 1939, and the Canadian Parliament declared war between Canada and Germany on September 10, 1939. The same day, the Patricias were mobilized for active service. The regiment recruited in Winnipeg and Vancouver until October. The regiment sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia on the December 21, 1939, arriving in Aldershot, England, as part of the 2nd