Canada, CEF. A 103rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction Archive Fred Hall and Robert Shankland

Fred Hall and Robert Shankland

the obverse with black ink inscription of “Kriegsverdienstmedaille 1939”

General Commanding

Brigadier General Antonio Cesaretti held the Divisional Infantry Command of the Royal Italian Army’s 153rd "Macerata" Infantry Division

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Canada, CEF. A 103rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction Archive Fred Hall and Robert ShanklandIn blackened brass, unmarked, measuring 46. 5 mm (w) x 47. 2 mm (h), intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion itself was raised and mobilized in Victoria, British Columbia under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed July 24, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel E. C. J. Henniker with a strength of 37 officers and 939 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 16th Reserve Battalion.