Canada, CEF. A 184th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction Silver with red

Silver with red

A grouping of two Third Reich German breast eagles

light overall wear evident on the exterior

the reverse bears a circular medallion with the cipher “WR” for King WIlhelm I within a deep blue enamel ring inscribed in gilt letters “Den 18 October 1861”

The Shako has a stamped aluminum

Canada, CEF. A 184th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction Silver with redIn browning copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 50. 2 mm (w) x 39. 8 mm (h), both lugs intact but one is bent to the left, very light contact and surface wear, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Southern Manitoba with mobilization headquarters at Winnipeg under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed November 1, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Sharpe with a strength of 32 officers and