Canada, Cef. A 180Th Infantry Battalion "Sportsmen Battalion" Cap Badge Auction (Issued 1943-1945)

(Issued 1943-1945)

The silver grade wound badge

at the age of 49 and is buried in Oxford Memorial Park Cemetery

Naming is officially impressed on the First World War Medals

The reverse of the goggles are lined on the interior side with tan leather

Canada, Cef. A 180Th Infantry Battalion "Sportsmen Battalion" Cap Badge Auction (Issued 1943-1945)In blackened copper, measuring 45. 5 mm (w) x 50. 5 mm (h), both lugs pinched but intact, greening and residue evident on the reverse, contact marks and surface wear, fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed November 15, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel R. H. Greer with a strength of 31 officers and 833 other ranks. In England, the