Canada CEF. A 75th Infantry Battalion Sweetheart Badge Hold A rare and very well-preserved

A rare and very well-preserved Württemberg Artillery Officer’s Pickelhaube

from the existing German Protection League (Deutches Luftschutzverband) by Hermann Goring's declaration that the RLB was to be the official air raid protection service of the state

obverse illustrating the SAAF eagle insignia overlying an open-ended wreath of laurel leaves

as well as Generalleutnant Ernst von Hoeppner

GVI Distinguished Service Order in gold

Canada CEF. A 75th Infantry Battalion Sweetheart Badge Hold A rare and very well-preservedIn browning copper gilt with red, white and black paint, maker marked "ELLIS BROS. 1915" on the reverse, measuring 47 mm (w) x 46. 5 mm (h), pin posts intact but missing its pinback on the reverse, scattered gilt wear, chipping evident in the red and black paint, very fine. Footnote: The 75th Infantry Battalion was raised in Southern Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The