Canada, CEF. A 52nd Infantry Battalion "New Ontario Regiment" Cap Badge Newly Listed Post 1945 Manufacture by 1945

Post 1945 Manufacture by 1945

Footnote: This order was the oldest military order of the states of the German Empire

the reverse bearing a partially-visible Hoffmann studio mark indicating an official print by the preferred photographer of AH and the NSDAP

on a blue ribbon with two vertical white stripes at edges and black vertical stripe with two white stripes in centre

above a stamped issue number of “5373”

Canada, CEF. A 52nd Infantry Battalion "New Ontario Regiment" Cap Badge Newly Listed Post 1945 Manufacture by 1945In pickled copper, unmarked, measuring 35. 8 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), one lug slightly bent but both are intact, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Western Ontario under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915. The mobilization headquarters was at Port Arthur. The Battalion sailed November 23, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. A. D. Hulme with a strength of 48 officers and 1,032 other ranks. The