Canada, Cef. A 217Th Infantry Battalion "Qu'appelle Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1916 Auction Chief of the Operations Staff

Chief of the Operations Staff of the Armed Forces High Command

(Côte d’Ivoire): Bronze gilt

the reverse presents the maker mark DESCHLER U

constructed of polished obsidian or onyx mineral

Footnote: The Order of Skanderbeg was founded in 1925 by Ahmed ben Zogu

Canada, Cef. A 217Th Infantry Battalion "Qu'appelle Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1916 Auction Chief of the Operations StaffIn pickled copper, voided, measuring 37. 5 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Saskatchewan with mobilization headquarters at Moosomin under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia on June 2, 1917 under the authority of Lieutenant Colonel A. B. Gillis with a strength of 24 officers and 634 other ranks, arriving in Liverpool, England on June