Canada, CEF. A 101st Infantry Battalion "Royal Winnipeg Rifles/Winnipeg Light Infantry" Cap Badge GTRexclude white and blue enameled shield

white and blue enameled shield

printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay & Sons

which is also flanked on each side by hand-painted white Slovak Crosses

Kampfgeschwader 30 took over Chièvres Air Base in Belgium

The death announcement card of Rupert Petzko

Canada, CEF. A 101st Infantry Battalion "Royal Winnipeg Rifles/Winnipeg Light Infantry" Cap Badge GTRexclude white and blue enameled shieldIn pickled copper, maker marked "R. J. INGLIS LIMITED" on the reverse, measuring 42. 3 mm (w) x 43. 7 mm (h), both lugs pinched but are intact, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Winnipeg, Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed June 29, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel D. McLean with a strength of 36 officers and 1,025 other ranks. In England,