Canada, CEF. A 60th Infantry Battalion "Victoria Rifles of Canada" Cap Badge Auction 3rd Canadian Field Regiment

3rd Canadian Field Regiment

It was awarded for services in education

measuring 210x300mm

(Goldene Verdienstmedaille Friedrich II)

Canada, CEF. A 60th Infantry Battalion "Victoria Rifles of Canada" Cap Badge Auction 3rd Canadian Field RegimentIn pickled copper, unmarked, measuring 35. 7 mm (w) x 38. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Montreal, Quebec under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed November 6, 1915 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel F. A. Gascoigne, with a strength of 40 officers and 1,024 other ranks. The Battalion served in France and Belgium with the 9th Infantry Brigade, 3rd