Canada, CEF. A 221st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Hold The reverse ricasso is maker

The reverse ricasso is maker marked SMF Solingen (Stocker & Co

Victoria Rifles of Canada (1888-1889) and was President of the Payne Consolidated Mining Company of Montreal

bearing an inscription of “ORDEN VOM DEUTSCHEN ADLER VERDIENSTKREUZ 1

awarded to 85 Ladies only

Canada, CEF. A 221st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Hold The reverse ricasso is makerIn pickled copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 41 mm (w) x 45. 8 mm (h), both lugs are broken off and are lost to time, light contact and surface wear, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Manitoba with mobilization headquarters at Winnipeg under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed April 18, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel M. McMeans with a strength of 23 officers and 596 other ranks. In