A First War 202Nd Infantry Battalion Sweetheart Badge Newly Listed when he Died of his

when he Died of his Wounds at No

reverse has a Leipzig-oriented border

inscribed in handwritten black ink "You may build your Ships" above the photo

with fine hand-webbed aluminum embroidery displaying two identical oak leaf stems on the bottom

measuring 96 mm x 45 mm

A First War 202Nd Infantry Battalion Sweetheart Badge Newly Listed when he Died of hisBronze gilt with red, white and blue enamels, unmarked, 25. 5 mm x 26. 3 mm, horizontal pinback, chipping evident in the white enamels on "202", near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Edmonton, Alberta under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed November 24, 1916, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel P. E. Bowen, with a strength of 27 officers and 746 other ranks. In England, the Battalion