Wwi 132Nd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef GTRexclude fine quality case of issue

fine quality case of issue

This badge is likely a sample of planed production (a prototype)

overall this blade is in extremely fine condition

who used "typically German" methods to achieve his ends -- "a mixture of cunning and childish simplicity"

with inscription on top "Reichsfinanzverwaltung-Zollgrenzschutz" (National Finance Administration - Customs Border Guard)

Wwi 132Nd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef GTRexclude fine quality case of issueWWI 132nd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF Pickled copper, unmarked, 42 mm x 43. 3 mm, intact lugs, left tip of the maple leaf is bent back, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Northern New Brunswick with mobilization headquarters at Chatham under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed October 26, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel G. W. Mersereau with a strength of 32 officers and 809