A nice - never seen before- early P.P.C.L.I. (Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry) Regiment so called Marguerite cap i.e collar badge

This is a great example of a early P.P.C.L.I. (Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry) Regiment so called Marguerite cap i.e collar badge. At the outbreak of World War I, when Canada was lacking regular military forces, the then-Captain Andrew Hamilton Gault raised the Patricias. Lieutenant-Colonel Francis D. Farquhar was instrumental in assisting Hamilton Gault in founding the regiment. Colonel Farquhar, Military Secretary to Canada's Governor General, asked the Duke of Connaught for permission to name the regiment after his daughter, Princess Patricia of Connaught. She was pleased to accept this honour and thus Princess Patricia's were established. "Light Infantry" in the battalion name was chosen by Captain Gault, who served during the Second Boer War and liked the impression of an irregular force that the name inspired. The first cap badge of the PPCLI was designed by Princess Patricia. The flower in the middle is the Marguerite Daisy in honour of Colonel Andrew Gault's wife Marguerite. The badge is in a good condition with its orginal cutter pin still present.

Code: 51856