Wwi 173 Infantry Battalion "Canadian Highlanders" Cap Badge GTRexclude Order of Leopold I

Order of Leopold I

1945 at Halifax

dated November 27

WWII Royal Canadian Air Force Navigator Wing - Three-colour embroidery on black wool

and for his First World War service

Wwi 173 Infantry Battalion "Canadian Highlanders" Cap Badge GTRexclude Order of Leopold IWWI 173 Infantry Battalion "Canadian Highlanders" Cap Badge Browning copper, maker marked "GEO. H LEES & Co 1915" on the reverse, 44. 5 mm x 48 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Hamilton, Ontario, under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed November 14, 1916 under the authority of Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Bruce with a strength of 32 officers and 930 other ranks. In England,