Canada, Cef. A 169Th Infantry Battalion "109Th Regiment" Cap Badge, C.1916 Auction with submarine clasp

with submarine clasp

and pinned with gilded bronze rank pips and a number “7”

His WWI Index Card indicates that he qualified for the 1914-15 Star

Reading "Segelflug-Wettbewerb Elbe 1939"

and a dove with a banner in its mouth reading "WELCOME HOME"

Canada, Cef. A 169Th Infantry Battalion "109Th Regiment" Cap Badge, C.1916 Auction with submarine claspType I with "C. E. F. Rex Vocat". In browning copper, voided, measuring 39. 3 mm in diameter, both lugs intact, surface wear, contact marks, very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed October 26, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. G. Wright with a strength of 32 officers and 887 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into