Canada, CEF. A 49th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the obverse presents the design

the obverse presents the design depicting a twin tower castle building with a cloaked figure with outstretched arms in the foreground

During the next few months the crew was able to capture a French merchant vessel and sink three cargo ships

at the age of 27 and is remembered with honour on the Thiepval Memorial

the inside with some of the paint soaked through and named to “Karl Tauber”

marked “81” (Overhoff & Cie

Canada, CEF. A 49th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the obverse presents the designIn pickled copper, unmarked, measuring 34. 3 mm (w) x 39 mmm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Edmonton, Alberta under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915. The mobilization headquarters was also at Edmonton. The Battalion sailed June 4, 1915 with a strength of 36 officers and 996 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. A. Griesbach. The Battalion served in France