A First War 75Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Archive SMITH MANIKKAM I

SMITH MANIKKAM I

A 1962-2007 General Service Medal to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Borneo

circa 1937-1943

His personal courage

when he was re-designated a Mate and later

A First War 75Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Archive SMITH MANIKKAM IA First War 75th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Browning copper, maker marked "ELLIS BROS 1915" on the reverse, 47 mm x 47 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Southern Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed March 29, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel S. G. Beckett, with a strength of 36 officers and 1,114 other