Canada. A No. 1 Construction Battalion Cap Badge, C.1915 GTRexclude France: Ministry of the Interior

France: Ministry of the Interior Honour Medal for 25 Years' Fire Fighting Service (silver gilt

24 mm x 40

mounted on a full length of original neck ribbon

44 mm x 57 mm

with the majority of the original backing present

Canada. A No. 1 Construction Battalion Cap Badge, C.1915 GTRexclude France: Ministry of the InteriorIn blackened brass, maker marked "ELLIS BROS" on the reverse, measuring 36 mm (w) x 42 mm (h), both lugs intact, surface wear, spotting, better than very fine. Footnote: In the winter of 1915, the Imperial War Office requested that the Canadian Government send two railway construction companies to France. The Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps was organized on May 15, 1915 and comprised about 500 men from the construction forces of the