Canada, CEF. A 48th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the Merit Cross for War

the Merit Cross for War Aid

consisting of a shovel with a mobile swastika superimposed on the spade and two wheat stalks at the base standing in a V formation

(Viesturs Ordenis)

in lovely shape

Canada, CEF. A 48th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the Merit Cross for WarIn pickled copper, unmarked, measuring 35. 3 mm (w) x 40. 7 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in British Columbia under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915, with the mobilization headquarters at Victoria. The Battalion sailed July 1, 1915 aboard the R. M. S. Grampian, with a strength of 38 officers and 1,020 other ranks, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. J. H. Holmes, arriving in England on July