A First War 47Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Hold Gau Franconia Tinnie - Aluminum

Gau Franconia Tinnie - Aluminum

A Cased German Social Welfare Decoration - 3rd Class

holed on the side

backing nut and plate in silver

1943 at the Canadian Infantry Corps Training Camp at Camp Ipperwash

A First War 47Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Hold Gau Franconia Tinnie - AluminumA First War 47th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Browning copper, unmarked, 39. 5 mm x 42. 5 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in British Columbia under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915. The mobilization headquarters was at New Westminster. The Battalion sailed November 13, 1915, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. N. Winsby with a strength of 36 officers and 1,114 other ranks. The Battalion served in