the former retaining a clasp featuring three overlaid oak leaves above crossed swords
(Kriegsdenkmünze für treue Dienste in einem Feldzuge 1866)
privately engraved (HEINRICH BLUME II
centre insignia in gold with red and white enamels
Canada, CEF. A 203rd Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Rifles" Cap Badge Newly Listed the former retaining a claspIn pickled brass, voided, maker marked "BIRKS 1916" on the reverse, measuring 46. 8 mm (w) x 40. 3 mm (h), both lugs intact, light contact and surface wear, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Winnipeg, under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. They sailed October 28, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. E. Hansford with a strength of 32 officers and 957 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was