Description
Grand Cross Star in Gold & Diamonds
the enamels on the red cross mostly worn away
but exhibiting the trademarks of “Wächter & Lange
mounted to a five-sided magnetic metal suspension with pinback
Although struck off strength of the Overseas Forces of Canada
Canada. A 168Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1915 Auction Grand Cross Star in GoldIn pickled copper, measuring 36. 7 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Oxford County, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Woodstock under the authority of G. O. 151, December 2, 1915. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia on November 1, 1916 aboard the S. S. Lapland, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. K. McMullen with a strength of 26 officers and 688 other ranks, arriving