Canada. A 203Rd Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Rifles" Sweetheart Badge Auction Archive maker marked "ANTON REITTERER WIEN"

maker marked "ANTON REITTERER WIEN" on the inside lid

crazing and chipping evident in the white enamels on the upper arm

Footnote: Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Picton GCB was a Welsh British Army officer who fought in a number of campaigns for Britain in the Napoleonic Wars

the belt with two sliders housing brass D-rings and measuring 45 mm x 1

Canada. A 203Rd Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Rifles" Sweetheart Badge Auction Archive maker marked "ANTON REITTERER WIEN"Canada; Sterling silver with green enamels, marked "STERLING" on the reverse, 22. 5 mm (w) x 24. 5 mm (h), horizontal pinback, intact enamels, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Winnipeg, under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. They sailed October 28, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. E. Hansford with a strength of 32 officers and 957 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the