including studio portraits and depictions of SS personnel sitting exams and at leisure time
constructed of bronze and magnetic metal with multi-coloured enamels
featuring delicate fleur-de-lys in each quadrant
black velvet medalbed with ribbon component below
the bayonet with contact marks and moderate surface wear present on the steel grip and adjacent items
Canada, CEF. A 10th Infantry Battalion “Canadian Railway Troops” Cap Badge Province of China including studio portraits and depictionsIn browning copper, both lugs intact on the reverse, measures 40. 7 mm (w) x 46. 9 mm (h), minor wear, and residue in the voided areas in the reverse, very fine. Footnote: In the latter part of 1916, it was agreed that Canada would furnish five battalions of construction workers to be known as the Canadian Railway Troops. In March 1917, it was decided to increase this number to ten battalions. By June, all the battalions were at work in France. The