Canada, Cef. An 85Th Infantry Battalion "Nova Scotia Highlanders" Glengarry Badge certificate_of_authenticity Army Personnel Temporarily Attached to

Army Personnel Temporarily Attached to Duty at a Concentration Camps

with a central raised rosette within a circular laurel leaf wreath

surrounded by a red enamelled ring inscribed PER ASPERA AD ASTRA (Through hardships to the stars)

the wreath bearing eight ribbon banners inscribed with the names of the battles of Shumatovatz

His unit would then take part in the Battle of Kursk and the Second Battle of Kiev

Canada, Cef. An 85Th Infantry Battalion "Nova Scotia Highlanders" Glengarry Badge certificate_of_authenticity Army Personnel Temporarily Attached toIn browning brass, unmarked, measuring 54. 2 mm (w) x 66 mm (h), both lugs and pin intact, discolouration evident on the obverse, greening from the soldering of the lugs to the badge present on the reverse, light contact, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Nova Scotia with mobilization headquarters at Halifax under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed October 12, 1916 with a strength of 34