Wwi 173 Infantry Battalion "Canadian Highlanders" Cap Badge Archive 1866 - Bronze gilt

1866 - Bronze gilt

Signature on Post War Photo: Dietrich (Dieter) Pekrun

710 mm x 840 mm

Footnote: Corporal Leon F

Wwi 173 Infantry Battalion "Canadian Highlanders" Cap Badge Archive 1866 - Bronze giltWWI 173 Infantry Battalion "Canadian Highlanders" Cap Badge Browning copper, maker marked "GEO. H LEES & Co 1915" on the reverse, 44. 5 mm x 48 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Hamilton, Ontario, under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed November 14, 1916 under the authority of Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Bruce with a strength of 32 officers and 930 other ranks. In England,