Canada, CEF. A 112th Infantry Battalion "Nova Scotia Overseas Battalion" Cap Badge Auction pinned to a 70 mm

pinned to a 70 mm diameter gray paper with "Blériot

with a six-sided star at the bottom

dark greenish-gray painted surface

later for Lufthansa under Carl August von Gablenz (1893-1942)

in metal and enamels featuring a black cross on white background

Canada, CEF. A 112th Infantry Battalion "Nova Scotia Overseas Battalion" Cap Badge Auction pinned to a 70 mmIn browning copper, unmarked, pickled brass, measuring 40. 7 mm (w) x 44. 8 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Nova Scotia with mobilization headquarters at Windsor, Nova Scotia under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed July 24, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel H. B. Tremaine with a strength of 36 officers and 1,090 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was