Canada, Cef. A 169Th Infantry Battalion "109Th Regiment" Cap Badge, C.1916 Newly Listed (250 Jahre Wien - Österreichisches

(250 Jahre Wien - Österreichisches Heimatschutz Treffen Schönbrunn badge)

it served as a training ship for cadets

Type II (1887-1943) (in bronze

inscribed "POLAND" above and "FIRST TO FIGHT" below

only minor soiling to medal bed

Canada, Cef. A 169Th Infantry Battalion "109Th Regiment" Cap Badge, C.1916 Newly Listed (250 Jahre Wien - ÖsterreichischesType I with "C. E. F. Rex Vocat". In browning copper, voided, measuring 39. 3 mm in diameter, both lugs intact, surface wear, contact marks, very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed October 26, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. G. Wright with a strength of 32 officers and 887 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into