Canada, CEF. A 229th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac surface rust on the pickelhaube

surface rust on the pickelhaube helmet insignia plate

4 September 1908) a saleswoman in Koriz

unmarked but known to have been manufactured by C

Torpedobootsflottille and crew member of torpedo boat “Iltis” (later sunk by the Royal Navy during the Action of 13 May 1942)

Canada, CEF. A 229th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac surface rust on the pickelhaubeIn blackened brass, voided, maker marked "CRICHTON'S MOOSE JAW" on the reverse, measuring 40. 3 mm (w) x 47. 9 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Saskatchewan with mobilization headquarters at Moose Jaw under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed April 18, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel H. D. Pickett with a strength of 17 officers and 426 other ranks. In England, the