Canada, Cef. A 219Th Infantry Battalion "Nova Scotia Highlanders" Glengarry Badge, C.1916 Newly Listed Canadian Section at General Headquarters

Canadian Section at General Headquarters

George the patron saint of England slaying a dragon on the reverse

stitched in place on a 119 mm x 153 mm water-resistant fabric base)

he was posted to the 16th Canadian Machine Gun Corps on December 30

measuring 45 mm (w) x 47 mm (h)

Canada, Cef. A 219Th Infantry Battalion "Nova Scotia Highlanders" Glengarry Badge, C.1916 Newly Listed Canadian Section at General HeadquartersIn pickled copper, voided, measuring 54 mm (w) x 64. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, contact marks, residue evident in the recessed areas from cleaning, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Nova Scotia with mobilization headquarters at Halifax, under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed October 12, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Muirhead with a strength of 33 officers and 997 other