Canada, CEF. A 221st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Bessette re-engaged for six years'

Bessette re-engaged for six years' service on November 21

and was subsequently awarded the Navy Cross posthumously

page 3121 and in the Canada Gazette of April 24

36 mm (w) x 60

and the reverse with”Steinhauer & Lück

Canada, CEF. A 221st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Bessette re-engaged for six years'In pickled copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 41 mm (w) x 45. 8 mm (h), both lugs are broken off and are lost to time, light contact and surface wear, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Manitoba with mobilization headquarters at Winnipeg under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed April 18, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel M. McMeans with a strength of 23 officers and 596 other ranks. In