Canada, CEF. A 39th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, Type I without Exterior Ribbon Banner Archive the reverse etched with a

the reverse etched with a date of “1941”

and NSDAP member number “71153”

which as per the Treaty of Versailles was forbidden and had to be done in secret

marked "Deutsches / Feld-Ehren-Zeichen / c

(crowned eagle)

Canada, CEF. A 39th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, Type I without Exterior Ribbon Banner Archive the reverse etched with aIn 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