NEED SOME HELP WITH THIS WW1 BADGE PIN ENGLISH HALLMARKS

[robshellbrook]

Little help will be needed here from you guys , I know a little about 78th Winnipeg Grenadiers and I have seen a lot of badges and pins from 78th but never like this . Looks to be silver with gold flames anf globe . I have little knowledge with this type of hallmarks and I always ask for help in this field . Who wore this type of pins , are they rare ? I cleaned this as much as I could , hopefully it is good enough . I think this is a real great fine so I really appreciate all the help . Thanks

 

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[TheCannonballGuy]

The "walking lion" hallmark was the British Silversmithing mark certifying that the item was made of Sterling Silver. The other marks are a city-code, a date-code, and the maker's-mark. To correctly interpret each of those other markings, have fun searching for an EXACT match (including the letter "font" and the shape of the shield or background around the letter) among the vast possibilities here:
British Sterling - English Hallmarks, Irish Hallmarks & Scottish Hallmarks

 

[robshellbrook]

Thanks for the help Cannonballguy but that is why I ask for help , this hallmarks are just too much for me . There is people here that can tell them much faster then I ever could , lol

 

[Red-Coat]

Just tidying up some blasts from the past (including some very ancient ones), largely for the benefit of anyone searching the site for information.

It’s sterling hallmarked for London, 1915. The maker mark is somewhat worn, but it looks to be a stylistic variation of the mark for Greenwood & Watts, registered in London in 1914 at High Street, Hampstead.

The emblem is indeed for the 78th Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers) which was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I. Authorized on 10 July 1915, embarked for Britain on 20 May 1916 and disembarked in France on 13 August 1916, where it fought as part of the 12th Brigade, 4th Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the armistice. The battalion was disbanded on 15 September 1920.

However, I haven’t seen a military insignia for the battalion in that disc format with a pin back, nor in solid silver, and suspect it’s a sweetheart brooch worn by someone whose loved one was away on war service in that battalion.