Canada, CEF. A 46th Infantry Battalion "South Saskatchewan Battalion" Cap Badge Auction Archive Nerwfoundland

Nerwfoundland

Private Tracy was on duty with the 5th Infantry Battalion near Ypres in the later part of April 1915

and an eagle superimposed onto the badge clutching lightning bolts in its talons

the reverse bears soldered attachment loops

(Völkische Not- und Kampf-Gemeinschaft Kulmbach Mitgliederkarte)

Canada, CEF. A 46th Infantry Battalion "South Saskatchewan Battalion" Cap Badge Auction Archive NerwfoundlandIn browning copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 33. 5 mm (w) x 41 mm (h), intact slider, extremely fine. Footnote: The 46th Infantry Battalion was raised in Saskatchewan with mobilization headquarters at Moose Jaw, under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915. The Battalion sailed October 23, 1915 aboard the S. S. Lapland from Halifax, Nova Scotia, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel H. Snell with a strength of 36 officers and 1,115 other ranks,