Canada, CEF. A 25th Infantry Battalion "Victoria Rifles" Officer's Cap Badge United Republic of with a central swooping Luftwaffe

with a central swooping Luftwaffe eagle

held in place via a large silvered pebbled metal button at the neck end

with its original envelope

After fighting with varying success in the southern part of Eastern Galicia and in the Bukovina the 7th Army under his command was driven back by Aleksei Brusilov's offensive in June 1916

reverse engraved "CAPITANO MARSELLI SERGIO" in the centre and surrounded by the engraved inscription "CASTELNUOVO

Canada, CEF. A 25th Infantry Battalion "Victoria Rifles" Officer's Cap Badge United Republic of with a central swooping LuftwaffeTwo piece construction, white metal insignia, mounted to a browning copper maple leaf base, unmarked, measuring 45. 7 mm (w) x 48. 8 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Nova Scotia and mobilized in Halifax under the authority of G. O. 36, March 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed May 20, 1915 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel G. A. LeCain with a strength of 42 officers and 1,081 other ranks. The Battalion