A nice Canadian cap badge to The Westminster Regiment

This is a good example of a Canadian made cap badge to the Westminsetr Regiment. The regiment mobilized 'The Westminster Regiment (Machine Gun), CASF' for active service on 1 September 1939. It was redesignated: '1st Battalion, The Westminster Regiment (Machine Gun), CASF' on 7 November 1940;Footnote 22 and '1st Battalion, The Westminster Regiment (Motor), CASF' on 25 November 1940. It embarked for Britain on 13 November 1941. On 1 December 1943, the battalion landed in Italy as part of the 5th Armoured Brigade, 5th Canadian Armoured Division.Footnote. It moved to North-West Europe on 28 February 1945, where it fought until the end of the war. The overseas battalion was disbanded on 31 January 1946.

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