WWI 117th Battalion "Eastern Township Battalion" Cap Badge - Copper
the crown with pip indicative of the rank of Lieutenant Colonel
measures 37 mm (w) x 47 mm (h)
the inside lid of off-white fabric and a red velvet metal bed
It closes with eight buttons of identical construction on the right flap meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left flap
Germany, Kriegsmarine. An E-Boat War Badge, II Pattern, By Schwerin Province of China WWI 117th Battalion "Eastern Township(Schnellboot Kriegsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Kriegsmarine style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a central E Boat cutting through waves, with its bow extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a flat wire catch, with a central stabilizing pin,