Third Reich: Medal of the War Merit Cross (bronze gilt
rivets on reverse had been period punched over so that eagle does not move (as they got loose with wear)
Badge (in bronze gilt with blue enamels
with a red wool medal bed
Constructed of a machine-embroidered silver eagle on a black rayon cloth
Canada, Cef. A 108Th Infantry Battalion "Selkirk And Manitoba Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1915 GTRexclude Third Reich: Medal of theType II with "Selkirk Manitoba". In pickled copper, voided, maker marked "DINGWALL WINNIPEG" on the reverse, measuring 45. 5 mm (w) x 54 mm (h), both lugs intact, scattered wear in the pickled finish, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Manitoba with mobilized headquarters at Selkirk under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed September 19, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel G. H. Bradbury