Canada, Cef. A 63Rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1915 certificate_of_authenticity American Expeditionary Forces

American Expeditionary Forces

Fitzgerald was a resident of the Clifton Hotel in Saint John when he signed his Canadian Active Service Force Attestation Paper as a Fusilier (G/32714) with the Saint John Fusiliers (MG)

” Ashford (1844–1900) was an American soldier and involved in the nineteenth century rebellion in Hawaii

hallmarked on the tip of the ribbon on the reverse

He left school at the age of 17

Canada, Cef. A 63Rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1915 certificate_of_authenticity American Expeditionary ForcesIn blackened brass, measuring 36 mm (w) x 47. 7 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Alberta under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. Mobilization headquarters was at Edmonton, Alberta. The Battalion sailed April 22, 1916 with a strength of 36 officers and 1,018 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant Colonel G. B. McLeod. The Battalion was absorbed by the 9th Reserve