Wwi 173 Infantry Battalion "Canadian Highlanders" Cap Badge Archive inscribed "STELLA DELLA SOLIDARIETA ITALIANA"

inscribed "STELLA DELLA SOLIDARIETA ITALIANA" on the reverse cartouche

Krim Shield (zinc alloy

Footnote: Corporal Leon F

1914 in Kiel

Wwi 173 Infantry Battalion "Canadian Highlanders" Cap Badge Archive inscribed "STELLA DELLA SOLIDARIETA ITALIANA"WWI 173 Infantry Battalion "Canadian Highlanders" Cap Badge Browning copper, maker marked "GEO. H LEES & Co 1915" on the reverse, 44. 5 mm x 48 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Hamilton, Ontario, under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed November 14, 1916 under the authority of Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Bruce with a strength of 32 officers and 930 other ranks. In England,