Canada, CEF. A 3rd Infantry Battalion "Toronto Regiment" Cap Badge, Type II, by Gaunt Hold This particular buckle is illustrated

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 358 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

Footnote: Worn by a select few among SS leadership

both retaining loops for the accommodation of a dagger hanger

a Photograph of Plath signing up volunteers in Norway for the SS Division “Nordland” (black and white

within a ring of twisted and rolled silver aluminum wire

Canada, CEF. A 3rd Infantry Battalion "Toronto Regiment" Cap Badge, Type II, by Gaunt Hold This particular buckle is illustratedIn browning copper, voided, maker marked "GAUNT" on the reverse, measuring 41. 8 mm (w) x 43 mm (h), both lugs and pin intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Toronto with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier, Quebec under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914. The Battalion sailed October 3, 1914 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel R. Rennie with a strength of 43 officers and 1,100