Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps Pin Hold CANADIAN FIELD HOSPITAL A

CANADIAN FIELD HOSPITAL A

Italy 1943-5

otherwise extremely fine and scarce

lookouts aboard HMS Sheffield noted the presence of Bismarck and Prinz Eugen making their way to the southwest along the ice at a fast rate of speed

Made in aluminum

Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps Pin Hold CANADIAN FIELD HOSPITAL ACanadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps Pin Silver gilt and enamels, weighing 8. 8 grams, maker marked "TIPTAFT" on the reverse (partly obscured under the clasp hinge), 30. 5 mm x 33 mm, horizontal pinback, extremely fine. Footnote: In the winter of 1915, the Imperial War Office requested that the Canadian Government send two railway construction companies to France. The Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps was organized on May 15, 1915