Wwi 169Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Newly Listed A First War French War

A First War French War Cross -  Dated 1914-18

officially engraved: WILLM

In addition to his five WWII medals presented here

copy of his service record

The Memorial Cross comes in its original hardshelled case

Wwi 169Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Newly Listed A First War French WarWWI 169th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF Browning copper, unmarked, 38. 8 mm, one of two lugs intact, undulated, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed October 26, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. G. Wright with a strength of 32 officers and 887 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 5th