Description
Major Hart sailed home aboard the SS Canada and was discharged upon arrival in Quebec on August 8
the obverse featuring a Serbo-Croatian language inscription in Latin script
the reverse bears a raised number “12” inside of an oak leaf wreath
centrepiece illustrating a Serbian white cross framed by four "fire striker" shapes (originally four Greek letters beta)
flanked by a coat of arms
Canada, CEF. A 40th Infantry Battalion "Nova Scotia Battalion" Cap Badge Province of China Major Hart sailed home aboardIn browning copper, maker marked "R. J. INGLIS LIMITED" on the reverse, measuring 36. 3 mm (w) x 40. 7 mm (h), both lugs intact, spotting, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Nova Scotia, under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1st 1915, with mobilization headquarters at Halifax (Aldershot). The Battalion left Canada on October 8, 1915 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel A. Vincent with a strength of 45 officers