Canada, Cef. A 15Th Infantry Battalion "48Th Highlanders Of Canada" Glengarry Badge, C.1915 Auction "Ora e Sempre" Merit Medal

"Ora e Sempre" Merit Medal -  Bronze

The airship

encircled by laurel and oak leaf wreaths with the inscription DEM VERDIENSTE

were presented with their maroon beret and parachute wings

Leading Seaman (1908) and Petty Officer (1910) before WWI

Canada, Cef. A 15Th Infantry Battalion "48Th Highlanders Of Canada" Glengarry Badge, C.1915 Auction "Ora e Sempre" Merit MedalType I with "15th Canadian Battn", Version I with large "48". In blackened copper, voided, measuring 63 mm (w) x 65. 7 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Ontario and Quebec and mobilized at Camp Valcartier, Quebec under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914. The Battalion sailed October 3, 1914 with a compliment of 44 officers and 1,109 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. A.