Canada. A 168Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1915 Auction but exhibiting the trademarks of

but exhibiting the trademarks of “Wächter & Lange

1943 during the evacuation of the Kuban bridgehead

the enamels on the red cross mostly worn away

sides and undersides in yellow (gold) wool

Leonard Joseph Birchall died on September 10

Canada. A 168Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1915 Auction but exhibiting the trademarks ofIn pickled copper, measuring 36. 7 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Oxford County, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Woodstock under the authority of G. O. 151, December 2, 1915. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia on November 1, 1916 aboard the S. S. Lapland, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. K. McMullen with a strength of 26 officers and 688 other ranks, arriving