Canada, CEF. A 222nd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1916 United Republic of wood carving and music

wood carving and music

lightly tainted around dragons and sunburst

A very fine and extensive Prussian Golden Military Merit Cross (NCO’s Pour le Mérite) Group of awards and documents

possible design prototypes for Ottoman decorations from the First World War

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Canada, CEF. A 222nd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1916 United Republic of wood carving and musicType I with Single Maple Leaf. In pickled copper, voided, measuring 45. 5 mm (w) x 50. 7 mm (h), both lugs intact, contact marks 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 November 13, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. Lightfoot with a strength of 32 officers and 993 other ranks. In