Canada, Cef. A 109Th Infantry Battalion "Victoria And Haliburton Battalion" Cap Badge Hold inscribed “FÜR VERDIENST” ("FOR MERIT")

inscribed “FÜR VERDIENST” ("FOR MERIT") in raised lettering

The suitcase was bound tightly with rope

then joined his new unit in the field on the 10th

and being promoted to Hauptmann/Captain on 1

1848: Captain and Company Commander in the 1st Infantry Regiment

Canada, Cef. A 109Th Infantry Battalion "Victoria And Haliburton Battalion" Cap Badge Hold inscribed “FÜR VERDIENST” ("FOR MERIT")In browning copper, voided, measuring 51. 3 mm (w) x 53. 5 mm (h), one lug pinched but intact, the other having broken off, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the Victoria and Haliburton Counties of Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Lindsay under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed July 24, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. J. H. Fee with a strength of 35 officers and 775