Canada, Cef. A 248Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1917 Buy Now Suspended from a medal bar

Suspended from a medal bar via a non-combatant’s Iron Cross 1914 Second Class ribbon

19 mm x 57

Just a few months after the end of his apprenticeship

and Mayor and Mayoress of South Shields King George V and Queen Mary Commemorative Coronation Medal 1911 (silvered white metal

Canada, Cef. A 248Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1917 Buy Now Suspended from a medal barIn pickled brass, voided, measuring 51 mm (w) x 45. 2 mm (h), horizontal pinback, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Central Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Owen Sound under the authority of G. O. 48, May 1, 1917. The Battalion sailed June 2, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. H. Rorke with a strength of 13 officers and 259 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 48th Reserve Battalion. It