Cap Badge - Cape Breton Highlanders (King's Crown) This is the 1936 - 1949 version without the belt on the badge. This badge is all brass whereas most of them are white metal on brass. (Brookers, Volume 2, pages 18-19 The Cape Breton Highlanders is an infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. It was established in 1871, merged into The Nova Scotia Highlanders in 1954, and re-established as a distinct regiment in 2011. It is part of the 5th Canadian Division's 36 Canadian Brigade Group and is headquartered at Sydney, Nova Scotia.