Wwi 43Rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Auction Archive ribbon with brooch pinback sewn

ribbon with brooch pinback sewn in place

An Austrian Order of Leopold with War Decoration - cross and crown in silver gilt

black and white

both the upper and lower edges of the oak leaves are piped with approximately 1

and it was but a remnant which held the western edges of the Copse

Wwi 43Rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Auction Archive ribbon with brooch pinback sewnWWI 43rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF Type III; Browning brass, unmarked, large "43" on circle with "BATTN C. E. F. WINNIPEG" below, 52 mm x 57. 3 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba which was also the mobilization headquarters under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915. The Battalion left Canada on June 1, 1915 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel R. M. Thomson with a strength of 40