193rd Nova Scotia Highlanders (Cape Breton Highlanders) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force: Bronze glengarry cap badge

Complete with two loop fittings on reverse, and as issued The 193rd (Nova Scotia Highlanders) Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. It was raised at, Truro, Nova Scotia, during the winter of 1915-16 and cast its recruitement net throughout Nova Scotia. The unit was mobilized for overseas service in, October 1916, when the unit embarked for England. The battalion was subsequently absorbed into the 17th Reserve Battalion on, 20 January 1917, providing reinforcement drafts to the Canadian Corps (4 x Divisions) in France & Flanders. Post-war the history, services and traditions of the battalion were perpetuated by The Nova Scotia Highlanders Condition: GVF