Canada, CEF. A 209Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1916 certificate_of_authenticity A gold grade DRL (National

A gold grade DRL (National Socialist League of the Reich for Physical Exercise/Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen) sports badge

the reverse of the cross with flaked enamels from wear

Circular medal in bronze

This extremely rare pair of insignia was obtained directly from the descendant of the wearer (from Osijek

partially enameled in black

Canada, CEF. A 209Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1916 certificate_of_authenticity A gold grade DRL (NationalIn pickled copper, voided, measuring 41. 5 mm (w) x 51. 3 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Swift Current, Saskatchewan under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed November 3, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. O. Smyth with a strength of 29 officers and 915 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 9th Reserve