Canadian - WWI - CEF Cap Badge - 14th Canadian Reserve Battalion - Winnipeg Manitoba

White metal with what appears to be a thin bronze wash to the obverse. Two lugs to reverse. Unmarked but made by Tiptaft.

The 14th Reserve Battalion was formed by the amalgamation of the 108th Bn., 179th Bn. and the 226th Infantry Battalion under command of Lieutenant-Colonel J.R.Snider, supplying reinforcements to the 16th Bn. and 43rd Infantry Battalions. During the period of its operations the 14th Reserve Battalion absorbed the 174th Infantry Battalion (May 7th 1917). In October 1917 the 14th Reserve Battalion was absorbed into the 11th Reserve Battalion in October 1917