Canada, CEF. A 23rd Infantry Battalion "Montreal Battalion" Cap Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Brandmeister

Brandmeister

heavily bound and finished with a brown cloth tape binding

representatives of the three peoples proclaimed a Kingdom of the Serbs

constructed of an olive-drab (although designated field-grey) cotton/wool-blended cloth

Canada, CEF. A 23rd Infantry Battalion "Montreal Battalion" Cap Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic BrandmeisterIn browning brass, measuring 48. 5 mm (w) x 46. 3 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact evident on the obverse, spotting evident on the reverse, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec with mobilization headquarters at Quebec City under the authority of G. O. 26, March 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed May 23, 1915 with a strength of 35 officers and 942 other ranks under the command