Canada, CEF. A Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Cap Badge Auction Archive minor material fatigue and oxidation

minor material fatigue and oxidation evident

all suspended from 155 mm-long bronze bar with a red wool reverse liner and horizontal pinback

named to “WILHELM RESSL”

Embahadur Sunwar - Elizabeth II

Canada, CEF. A Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Cap Badge Auction Archive minor material fatigue and oxidationIn pickled copper, unmarked, voided, measures 32 mm (w) x 44. 3 mm (h), intact lugs on reverse, remains in very fine condition. Footnote: The Canadian Army Medical Corps, already part of Canada's small regular force and non permanent active militia at the start of the war, was part of the vanguard of troops that went overseas and among the first to enter into battle. The corps was instrumental in inoculating the entire Canadian force against typhoid