Canada, CEF. A 5th Infantry Battalion "Western Canadian Cavalry" Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity The court jeweler Richard Knauer

The court jeweler Richard Knauer upgraded a Grand Cross set for this occasion

triple clasps

After the German defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad

Reverse blank to be later engraved

A 1935 Magdeburg NSDAP 10-Jahre stickpin

Canada, CEF. A 5th Infantry Battalion "Western Canadian Cavalry" Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity The court jeweler Richard KnauerIn browning copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 36 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), one of two lugs intact, the other lug broken off, residue evident in the recessed areas from cleaning on the obverse, very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Western Canada with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier, Quebec under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914. The Battalion sailed October 3, 1914, with a strength of 45 officers and 1,095 other ranks