Canada, Cef. A 36Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1915 Hold Wiedersehensfeier badge

Wiedersehensfeier badge

for Surviving Widows and Parents

Footnote: As the Canadian Expeditionary Force continued to increase in size

all along the British front smoke bombs were thrown which sent clouds rolling towards the German lines

the obverse with pebbled arms and a central silvered medallions being a Roman numeral “10”

Canada, Cef. A 36Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1915 Hold Wiedersehensfeier badgeIn browning copper, measuring 46. 5 mm (w) x 52 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Hamilton, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915. The Battalion sailed June 19, 1915 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel E. C. Ashton with a strength of 39 officers and 1,004 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 3rd Reserve Battalion and was disbanded on September 15,