Canada, CEF. A 117th Infantry Battalion "Eastern Township Battalion" Cap Badge Hold featuring handwritten entries

featuring handwritten entries

with others chipped/cracked)

Canada: Royal Life Saving Service Alberta and Territories Branch Medal (in bronze

lapel badge (worn on civilian clothing)

the obverse exterior with an inscription of “EISERNES KREUZ II

Canada, CEF. A 117th Infantry Battalion "Eastern Township Battalion" Cap Badge Hold featuring handwritten entriesIn pickled copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 41. 5 mm (w) x 55. 3 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Eastern Quebec, with mobilization headquarters at Sherbrooke under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed August 14, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel L. J. Gilbert with a strength of 36 officers and 943 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the