Canada, Cef. A 12Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1914 Auction Archive changing the rank from Oberscharführer

changing the rank from Oberscharführer to Obertruppführer)

RUNKLE / U

where he was taken on strength of the 1st Battalion

and a 10 mm wide V-shape chevron to signify the rank of Gefreiter

Canada, Cef. A 12Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1914 Auction Archive changing the rank from OberscharführerIn browning copper, measuring 43. 8 mm (w) x 44. 7 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Quebec, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier, under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914. The Battalion sailed October 3, 1914 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel H. F. McLeod with a strength of 45 officers and 1,028 other ranks. Upon arrival in England, the