Canada, Cef. A 100Th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Grenadiers" Cap Badge, C.1915 Auction HMCS Ontario and HMCS Nootka

HMCS Ontario and HMCS Nootka

Their full bomb load of 20 x 500lb bombs was jettisoned safe at 54

gilt loss and green oxidation evident on the reverse

this pair of Wehrmacht breechers is very well preserved with very minor signs of wear

in bronze with white and green enamels

Canada, Cef. A 100Th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Grenadiers" Cap Badge, C.1915 Auction HMCS Ontario and HMCS NootkaIn blackened brass, measuring 35. 3 mm (w) x 52 mm (h), both lugs intact, scattered blackening wear, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Winnipeg, Manitoba under authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia, on September 18, 1916 aboard the S. S. Olympic, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. B. Mitchell with a strength of 31 officers and 880 other ranks, arriving