Canada, Cef. A 139Th Infantry Battalion "Northumberland Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1915 Auction Archive Constructed of silver aluminum bullion

Constructed of silver aluminum bullion embroidery with black and red machine embroidery in the form of a vertically oriented spade with a mobile swastika on the blade

(Sturmabteilung Röhm-Dolch)

Instituted 9 November 1943

1914 in Gloucester Township

GILBERT ISLANDS

Canada, Cef. A 139Th Infantry Battalion "Northumberland Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1915 Auction Archive Constructed of silver aluminum bullionIn pickled copper, measuring 40. 5 mm (w) x 49 mm (h), both lugs intact, scattered wear in the pickled finish, contact marks, very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Northumberland County, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Cobourg, under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed September 27, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Floyd with a strength of 21 officers and 495 other ranks. In