Canada, CEF. A 217th Infantry Battalion "Qu'Appelle Battalion" Cap Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic near Kingston

near Kingston

also bearing the remnants of an RZM label

In the centre of the swastika sits a gold-colored metal pip featuring a political eagle sitting upon a swastika

He proceeded to England on April 27

Canada, CEF. A 217th Infantry Battalion "Qu'Appelle Battalion" Cap Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic near KingstonIn pickled copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 37 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Saskatchewan with mobilization headquarters at Moosomin under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia on June 2, 1917 under the authority of Lieutenant Colonel A. B. Gillis with a strength of 24 officers and 634 other ranks, arriving in Liverpool, England