A First War 202Nd Infantry Battalion Sweetheart Badge Auction Archive 58 mm knurled pin (bent)

58 mm knurled pin (bent)

The Clayton Knight Committee

Ontario on May 16

spotting evident on the base

The knife has a cap on the pommel that is silver with a flowing thistle-patterned design

A First War 202Nd Infantry Battalion Sweetheart Badge Auction Archive 58 mm knurled pin (bent)Bronze gilt with red, white and blue enamels, unmarked, 25. 5 mm x 26. 3 mm, horizontal pinback, chipping evident in the white enamels on "202", near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Edmonton, Alberta under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed November 24, 1916, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel P. E. Bowen, with a strength of 27 officers and 746 other ranks. In England, the Battalion