Wwi 173 Infantry Battalion "Canadian Highlanders" Cap Badge GTRexclude Order of Leopold I

Order of Leopold I

Dolphin tally ribbon and thirteen black and white ship photographs

Embossed eagle/swastika/crossed batons

and for his First World War service

Grave 14149

Wwi 173 Infantry Battalion "Canadian Highlanders" Cap Badge GTRexclude Order of Leopold IWWI 173 Infantry Battalion "Canadian Highlanders" Cap Badge Browning copper, maker marked "GEO. H LEES & Co 1915" on the reverse, 44. 5 mm x 48 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Hamilton, Ontario, under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed November 14, 1916 under the authority of Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Bruce with a strength of 32 officers and 930 other ranks. In England,