A First War 131St Infantry Battalion "Westminster Battalion" Cap Badge Auction with the lid lined on

with the lid lined on the interior (maker marked “Deschler & Sohn

A Gold Grade German Mother's Cross with Case by Werner Redo - In bronze gilt and enamel

The leather liner is solidly held in place by chinstrap leather with pencil initials W

the announcement appearing in the London Gazette 26762 of Tuesday

unmarked (usually these belts were black)

A First War 131St Infantry Battalion "Westminster Battalion" Cap Badge Auction with the lid lined onCanada: Browning copper, maker marked "O. B. ALLAN" on the reverse, 36. 7 mm x 42. 5 mm, horizontal pinback, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in New Westminster under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed November 1, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. D. Taylor with a strength of 32 officers and 954 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 30th Infantry