Canada, CEF. A 216th Infantry Battalion "Toronto Bantams" Cap Badge Archive the reverse in postcard format

the reverse in postcard format and with a handwritten dedication to a friend

on a brownish khaki wool base

would go on to fight through the Battle of the Bulge

topped by a Heer-style German nationale eagle clutching a mobile swastika

A rare museum exhibition example of the 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross

Canada, CEF. A 216th Infantry Battalion "Toronto Bantams" Cap Badge Archive the reverse in postcard formatIn blackened browning copper, maker marked "ELLIS BROS TORONTO" on the reverse, measuring 38. 5 mm (w) x 47. 3 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed April 18, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel F. L. Burton with a strength of 30 officers and 783 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was