Canada, Cef. A 173Rd Infantry Battalion "Canadian Highlanders" Cap Badge, By Geo. Lees, C.1915 Newly Listed the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver thread and aluminum wire Wehrmacht-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

It is signed in blue ink by Senior Lieutenant and Junior Officer Kauz

evacuation of non-combatants from a hostile area

the interior with a white satin-type lid liner with a maker’s mark of “Zimbler

Canada, Cef. A 173Rd Infantry Battalion "Canadian Highlanders" Cap Badge, By Geo. Lees, C.1915 Newly Listed the obverse bearing a machine-embroideredIn browning copper, maker marked "GEO. H. LEES & CO. 1915" on the reverse, voided, measuring 47. 8 mm (w) x 44. 3 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Hamilton, Ontario, under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed November 14, 1916 under the authority of Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Bruce with a strength of 32 officers and 930 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was