Canada, Cef. A 185Th Infantry Battalion "Cape Breton Highlanders" Glengarry Badge, C.1916 Buy Now A Miniature Portuguese Military Order

A Miniature Portuguese Military Order of Christ -  in GOLD and enamels

the top of one bears a crowned eagle with outstretched wings

with paint chipping and denting evident on the exterior)

the uppers of the straps in tan cotton

Son: Major Paul Comstock: Army Spanish War Service Medal (bronze

Canada, Cef. A 185Th Infantry Battalion "Cape Breton Highlanders" Glengarry Badge, C.1916 Buy Now A Miniature Portuguese Military OrderType I with "Siol Na Fear Fearail". In pickled brass, voided, measuring 54. 2 mm (w) x 64. 7 mm (h), both lugs intact, residue evident in the recessed areas from cleaning, contact marks, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Cape Breton under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1915 and had its mobilization headquarters at Broughton, Cape Breton. The Battalion sailed on October 12, 1916 from Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard the S. S.