Description
badge in zinc
ending in -bach
gold embossed
to Sergeant (Air Gunner) Alvin Ernest Lightheart
measuring 9 mm (w) x 13 mm (h)
Canada, Cef. A 223Rd Infantry Battalion "Canadian Scandinavians" Cap Badge Buy Now badge in zincIn pickled copper, voided, unmarked but known to have been made by Dingwall of Winnipeg, measuring 45 mm (w) x 46 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The 223rd Infantry Battalion "Canadian Scandinavians" was raised in Manitoba with mobilization headquarters at Winnipeg under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed May 3, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel H. Albrechsten with a