Wwi 5Th Mounted Rifle Battalion Pin Hold 116th and 125th Infantry Battalions

116th and 125th Infantry Battalions and the 8th Reserve Battalion

Tragically

brown leatherette case of issue

1914 and sailed on October 3

DCM served 11 years in the Coldstream Guards

Wwi 5Th Mounted Rifle Battalion Pin Hold 116th and 125th Infantry BattalionsWWI 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