A First War 8Th Infantry Battalion "The Black Devils/90Th Winnipeg Rifles" Cap Badge Newly Listed two silvered pips flanking a

two silvered pips flanking a silvered RSV cypher affixed to the upper on each

replaced/repaired reverse pinback

similar buckle is illustrated on p

The 'E' Class submarine usually carried a crew of three officers and twenty-eight men

A First War 8Th Infantry Battalion "The Black Devils/90Th Winnipeg Rifles" Cap Badge Newly Listed two silvered pips flanking aCanada; Pickled copper, unmarked, 46 mm (w) x 39 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Brandon and Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Port Arthur and Kenora, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier, Quebec under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914. The Battalion sailed October 3, 1914 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel L. J. Lipsett with a strength of 45 officers and 1,085 other ranks.