Canada, CEF. A 221st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Hold awarded to 85 Ladies only

awarded to 85 Ladies only

and also forms the liner of the pockets

bearing an inscription of “ORDEN VOM DEUTSCHEN ADLER VERDIENSTKREUZ 1

framed within an open-ended wreath of laurel leaves and berries

Territorial and Service Battalions

Canada, CEF. A 221st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Hold awarded to 85 Ladies onlyIn pickled copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 41 mm (w) x 45. 8 mm (h), both lugs are broken off and are lost to time, light contact and surface wear, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Manitoba with mobilization headquarters at Winnipeg under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed April 18, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel M. McMeans with a strength of 23 officers and 596 other ranks. In