6 o’clock arm “2 CTEII” and 9 o'clock arm bearing “232”
1929 at Friedrichshafen
(Dienstauszeichnung für Schwestern des Badischen Frauenvereins für 25 Dienstjahre)
and Escapees' Medal (Medaille des Evades) (bronze
He arrived in France the following day and joined his new unit
Canada, CEF. A 12th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 6 o’clock arm “2 CTEII”In browning copper, unmarked, measuring 43. 8 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), both lugs and pin intact, traces of greening evident on both sides, light contact, better than very fine. Footnote: The 12th Infantry Battalion was raised in Quebec, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier, under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914. The Battalion sailed October 3, 1914 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel H.