Canada, CEF. A 163rd Infantry Battalion “Canadian Francais” Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and a fragment of a

and a fragment of a Pour le Mérite (post-war version)

Bremen: Coat-of-Arms Cap Badge (in brass with red lacquer

A small and untouched award grouping to Waffen-SS Unterscharführer Hans Schnippen

7 mm x 59 mm

scattered mothing and wear patches evident on the obverse

Canada, CEF. A 163rd Infantry Battalion “Canadian Francais” Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and a fragment of aIn pickled copper, voided, measuring 40. 5 mm (w) x 47. 8 mm (h), both lugs intact, marked E. V. LAMONTAGNE LIMITED, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Quebec, with mobilization headquarters at Montreal under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. On May 24, 1916 the Battalion was moved to Bermuda for garrison duty. On November 27, 1916 the Battalion sailed for England under the command of Lieutenant Colonel H.