Canada, CEF. A 161st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge visually-hidden the reverse with a central

the reverse with a central medallion bearing a raised number “15” in Roman numerals

A Foreign Legion Patch (green embroidery insignia

he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant (Technical) at the end of the year

the obverse with a raised leftward-facing profile of Duke Ernst

advising Wilhelm Peters that

Canada, CEF. A 161st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge visually-hidden the reverse with a centralIn browning copper, unmarked, measuring 41. 5 mm (w) x 43. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Huron County, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at London, under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed November 1, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel H. B. Combe with a strength of 28 officers and 749 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 4th