Canada, Cef. A 196Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1916 Auction Archive near Cork on February 11

near Cork on February 11

showing Messe receiving Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939

any movement above ground was next to impossible

chipping evident in the blue enamels)

He was put in minor positions with little influence

Canada, Cef. A 196Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1916 Auction Archive near Cork on February 11Canada: Browning copper, maker marked "O. B. ALLAN" on the reverse, 42. 8 mm x 50. 5 mm, both prongs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised from Western Universities with mobilization headquarters at Winnipeg, Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed November 1, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel D. S. MacKay with a strength of 32 officers and 974 other ranks. In England, the Battalion