Canada, CEF. A Rare 248th Infantry Battalion Officer's Cap Badge visually-hidden A Second War Canadian Memorial

A Second War Canadian Memorial Cross Group of Five

He was promoted to Lieutenant in August

topped by an imperial eagle clutching a banner bearing an inscription of “KUK LUFTFAHRTRUPPE”

while an additional length of identical piping lines the outer edge of the crown

Canada, CEF. A Rare 248th Infantry Battalion Officer's Cap Badge visually-hidden A Second War Canadian MemorialIn pickled brass, voided, with heavily toned silver overlay, unmarked, measuring 52 mm (w) x 45. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Central Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Owen Sound under the authority of G. O. 48, May 1, 1917. The Battalion sailed June 2, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. H. Rorke with a strength of 13 officers and 259 other ranks. In