Canada, CEF. A 208th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Irish" Cap Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic two at 89 mm x

two at 89 mm x 138 mm)

inscribed "1918 VICTORY LOAN" above and ESSAY COMPETITION" below

Footnote: Believed that the Order of Dannebrog was instituted by King Christian V in 1671 as a revival of an alleged older order instituted by King Valdemar Sejr in 1219

The son of Frederick and Lucinda Rowson of South Edmonton

1917 Military Merit Medal on Peacetime ribbon

Canada, CEF. A 208th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Irish" Cap Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic two at 89 mm xIn browning copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 43. 3 mm (w) x 54 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed May 3, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel T. H. Lennox with a strength of 27 officers and 686 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was broken up and absorbed into the 2nd