A First War Infantry Battalion "Brock's Rangers" Sweetheart Badge Hold in silver (71mm)

in silver (71mm)

Turkish Crimea 1855

71ST FOOT) Naming is privately impressed

together with condolence slip

A First War Infantry Battalion "Brock's Rangers" Sweetheart Badge Hold in silver (71mm)Die stamped bronze gilt with red, white and blue enamels, unmarked, 29. 5 mm x 29. 5 mm, horizontal pinback, chipping and crazing evident in the white enamels on the central numeral oval, green oxidation spots, very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Haldimand County and the Six Nations Reserve, with mobilization headquarters at Cayuga under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed November 1, 1916 under the command