Canada, CEF. A 123rd Infantry Battalion "Royal Grenadier Overseas Battalion 10th Regiment" Officer's Cap Badge, Type I with "Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense" Archive (Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club Mitgliedsplakette)

(Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club Mitgliedsplakette)

reverse bears long brooch pinback

A Second War Infantry Badge

the reverse bearing a handwritten inscription indicating that the photo was taken in Athens

Naming is officially engraved on the MCs

Canada, CEF. A 123rd Infantry Battalion "Royal Grenadier Overseas Battalion 10th Regiment" Officer's Cap Badge, Type I with "Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense" Archive (Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club Mitgliedsplakette)In gilded copper, unmarked, measuring 47. 5 mm (w) x 46. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed August 9, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. B. Kingsmill, with a strength of 12 officers and 369 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was re designated the 123rd Pioneer Battalion. It was