Canada. A 106Th Infantry Battalion "Nova Scotia Rifles" Cap Badge, C.1915 Auction and French Academy Civic Star

and French Academy Civic Star Medal of Honour (bronze

89 mm x 102 mm

Constructed of silvery machine embroidery within a bed of dark green cotton backing

from whose seed blossoms up a new realm

Viktor Petermann

Canada. A 106Th Infantry Battalion "Nova Scotia Rifles" Cap Badge, C.1915 Auction and French Academy Civic StarIn browning copper, measuring 41. 5 mm (w) x 43. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Nova Scotia with mobilization headquarters at Truro under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed July 16, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel R. Innes with a strength of 36 officers and 1,009 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 23rd Reserve Battalion. It was