Canada, CEF. First War 140th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction and catch assembly

and catch assembly

(1939-1944 issue)

surrounded by the inscription ZUM SEGEN DEUTSCHER FRAUEN U

BERLIN - BADEN-BADEN - WIEN”

Footnote: The Air Force Medal of Honor was instituted in 1965 and is considered the highest military award for valor

Canada, CEF. First War 140th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction and catch assemblyIn pickled copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 36 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in New Brunswick with mobilization headquarters at Saint John, under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed September 27, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel L. H. Bee with a strength of 33 officers and 820 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was broken up and absorbed into