Canada, Cef. A 196Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1916 Auction Archive 2nd Class (four-piece construction

2nd Class (four-piece construction

showing Messe receiving Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939

He was put in minor positions with little influence

Pekin 1860

any movement above ground was next to impossible

Canada, Cef. A 196Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1916 Auction Archive 2nd Class (four-piece constructionCanada: Browning copper, maker marked "O. B. ALLAN" on the reverse, 42. 8 mm x 50. 5 mm, both prongs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised from Western Universities with mobilization headquarters at Winnipeg, Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed November 1, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel D. S. MacKay with a strength of 32 officers and 974 other ranks. In England, the Battalion