Canada, Cef. A 111Th Infantry Battalion "South Waterloo Battalion" Cap Badge Auction 168 mm x 228 mm

168 mm x 228 mm

(zur besonderen Verwendung = for special use) at Rommel’s headquarters and for Commander-in-Chief South

May 29th 1941 (original signature of Oberst)

such as those etched into the wood of this cane

maker marked inside the phoenix on the reverse

Canada, Cef. A 111Th Infantry Battalion "South Waterloo Battalion" Cap Badge Auction 168 mm x 228 mmCanada; Browning copper, unmarked, 37 mm (w) x 49. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Waterloo County, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Galt under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed September 27, 1916, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. D. Clarke with a strength of 25 officers and 637 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 35th