Wwi 5Th Mounted Rifle Battalion Pin certificate_of_authenticity 7 mm x 20 mm

7 mm x 20 mm

the Royal Naval Barracks at Portsmouth

1 Clasp - TEL-EL-KEBIR (engraved in large capital italics: 2536

After having served twenty months with Argus

Wwi 5Th Mounted Rifle Battalion Pin certificate_of_authenticity 7 mm x 20 mmWWI 5th Mounted Rifle Battalion Pin Two piece construction, in GOLD and enamels, marked "9C" and maker marked "C. A & S." on the reverse of the leaf and "9CT" on the pin, weighing 2. 3 grams, very crisp detail, insignia measures 16 mm x 16. 8 mm on a 44. 2 mm bar with pinback, slight enamel chipping, extremely fine. Footnote: Organized in Sherbrooke, Quebec, on March 15, 1915, the 5th Mounted Rifle Battalion served in France and Holland. It was