Canada, Cef. A 39Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1915 Hold With Sergeant Schaefer was captured

With Sergeant Schaefer was captured by the enemy during a sortie by the latter from Burgos on 18 October 1812

United States Marines

and immediately a line was formed and we were making our way through the woods as best we could in the direction from which the firing had come

"" The badge was to be suspended from an owl or falcon

edged by orange Waffenfarbe piping

Canada, Cef. A 39Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1915 Hold With Sergeant Schaefer was capturedType I without Exterior Ribbon Banner. In browning copper, measuring 37. 7 mm (w) x 38. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, two nips evident on the top of the "3", 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