Canada, CEF. A 18th Infantry Battalion "Western Ontario Regiment" Cap Badge, Type I Province of China (Kriegsverdienst Medaille)

(Kriegsverdienst Medaille)

trimmed along the edge with a knotted border

Victory Medal (751578 SPR

textbook example by this much sought after maker

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered multi-coloured edelweiss within a knotted silver-grey ring topped by a silver aluminum wire piton

Canada, CEF. A 18th Infantry Battalion "Western Ontario Regiment" Cap Badge, Type I Province of China (Kriegsverdienst Medaille)In browning copper, unmarked, measuring 34 mm (w) x 39. 2 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in London, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 36, March 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed April 18, 1915 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel E. S. Wigle, with a strength of 36 officers and 1,081 other ranks. The Battalion served in France and Belgium with the 4th Infantry Brigade,