Canada, Cef. A 78Th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Grenadiers" Cap Badge, C.1915 Hold measuring 90x48mm

measuring 90x48mm

1916 Emperor Wilhelm II awarded him and Max Immelmann the Pour le Mérite

the obverse with a raised map of Crimea

BODDINGTON

while handle is made of synthetic material

Canada, Cef. A 78Th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Grenadiers" Cap Badge, C.1915 Hold measuring 90x48mmIn blackened copper, measuring 37 mm (w) x 45. 2 mm (h), both lugs intact, traces of the blackening remains, contact marks, very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Winnipeg, Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed May 20, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. Kirkcaldy with a strength of 37 officers and 1,097 other ranks. The Battalion served in France and Belgium with the 12th