Canada. A 168Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1915 Auction Grand Cross Star in Gold

Grand Cross Star in Gold & Diamonds

he was taken on strength of the 6th Reserve Battalion on posting from the Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot on April 11

Leonard Joseph Birchall died on September 10

sides and undersides in yellow (gold) wool

the enamels on the red cross mostly worn away

Canada. A 168Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1915 Auction Grand Cross Star in GoldIn pickled copper, measuring 36. 7 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Oxford County, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Woodstock under the authority of G. O. 151, December 2, 1915. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia on November 1, 1916 aboard the S. S. Lapland, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. K. McMullen with a strength of 26 officers and 688 other ranks, arriving