45th Battalion (The St. George Regiment) Reproduced Cap Badge. Australia.

A brass REPRODUCED Tudor (King's) Crown cap badge for 45th Battalion (The St. George Regiment), Australia.
Good Quality badge reproduced in the 1970's for display purposes. Good gap-filler.

Good condition with two lugs intact. Ref: J261.

The 45th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army.
Raised on 2 March 1916 for service during World War I, the battalion served in the trenches on the Western Front in France and Belgium from mid-1916 until the end of hostilities in November 1918. Disbanded on 2 May 1919.
In 1921 the 45th Battalion was re-raised in New South Wales. as a part-time unit of the Citizens Force.
In 1927 the 45th Battalion assumed the title of 45th Infantry Battalion (The St. George Regiment) and its motto – “Quo Fata Vocant” – was approved.
In September 1942 the battalion was merged with the 1st Battalion to form the 1st/45th Australian Infantry Battalion. In 1944 that battalion was disbanded, having not deployed overseas during World War II.
On 1 April 1948 the battalion was re-raised again as the 45th Infantry Battalion (The St. George Regiment).
In 1960 the 45th Battalion was subsumed into the Royal New South Wales Regiment, providing the 3rd Battalion's 'A' and Support Companies.