Canada, Cef. A 215Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, By Birks, C.1916 Newly Listed Winnipeg Grenadiers

Winnipeg Grenadiers

A 1934 Cologne Handwerk Handel Gewerbe an die Front badge

with anodized gold finish

This smock was introduced after direct copies of the German "Step in Smock"

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Canada, Cef. A 215Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, By Birks, C.1916 Newly Listed Winnipeg GrenadiersIn browning copper, voided, maker marked "BIRKS 1916" on the reverse, measuring 34. 5 mm (w) x 42. 3 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Central Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Brantford under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed April 29, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel H. E. Snider with a strength of 16 officers and 327 other ranks. In England, the Battalion