Canada, CEF. A 39th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, Type I without Exterior Ribbon Banner Archive being present at the battles

being present at the battles of Ciudad Rodrigo

1872-1966)

Comrade Labanov directly led his platoon while positioned in the infantry formations and firing on direct lay he destroyed a vehicle with an anti-tank cannon

marked "Deutsches / Feld-Ehren-Zeichen / c

the reverse etched with a date of “1941”

Canada, CEF. A 39th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, Type I without Exterior Ribbon Banner Archive being present at the battlesIn browning copper, unmarked, measuring 37. 5 mm (w) x 38. 8 mm (h), both lugs intact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Southeastern Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Belleville, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915. The Battalion sailed June 24, 1915 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. A. V. Preston with 40 officers and 1,003 other ranks. It was absorbed into the 6th Reserve Battalion in