Canada, CEF. A 249th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge United Republic of eight letters from Gefreiter Fritz

eight letters from Gefreiter Fritz Widmann

Instituted 16 January 1842 by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV

Edwin would marry Marjorie Lorraine Drinkwater

very fine and extensive group to a known Golden Merit Cross recipient

who took active part in the ceremonies of the coronation

Canada, CEF. A 249th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge United Republic of eight letters from Gefreiter FritzIn pickled brass, voided, unmarked, measuring 44. 5 mm (w) x 50. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Saskatchewan with mobilization headquarters at Regina under the authority of G. O. 48, May 1, 1917. The Battalion sailed February 21, 1918 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel C. B. Keenlyside with a strength of 15 officers and 709 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was