Wwi Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Cap Badge Hold SS EM/NCOs Totenkopf Collar Tab

SS EM/NCOs Totenkopf Collar Tab - type worn by NCO’s and enlisted members of the Totenkopf Division

The name "Caterpillar Club" simply makes reference to the silk threads that made the original parachutes

In the battle

insignia is die stamped in silvered iron (magnetic) and is lacquered

Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Toronto

Wwi Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Cap Badge Hold SS EM/NCOs Totenkopf Collar TabWWI Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Cap Badge Browning copper, voided, unmarked, 29 mm x 42. 2 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The headquarters on mobilization was Valcartier, Quebec. The Battalion sailed October 3, 1914 with a strength of 33 officers and 1,083 men under the command of Lieutenant Colonel F. D. Farquhar, DSO