Description
A 1938 Kreistag Kreis Osna-Brück Stadt badge
situated at the eastern side of the town of Ypres (now Ieper) in the Province of West Flanders
with indented rules running the length of the belt near the edges on the obverse
with a cogwheel and a mobile swastika in the centre of the wreath
first page has at the bottom page official stampings from Adolf Hitler’s Reichschancellery and the Presidential Chancellery
Canada, Cef. A 171St Infantry Battalion "The Quebec Rifles" Cap Badge Buy Now A 1938 Kreistag Kreis Osna-BrückIn pickled copper, measuring 42. 5 mm (w) x 44. 2 mm (h), both lugs intact, scattered wear in the pickled finish, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Quebec with mobilization headquarters at Quebec City under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed November 24, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Sir W. Price with a strength of 27 officers and 574 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was broken