Canada, Cef. A 16Th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Scottish" Glengarry Badge Auction 36 mm x 82 mm

36 mm x 82 mm

maker marked “L59” for “Alois Rettenmaier

marked "ANNO MDCCCXLVII" (Year 1847) on the reverse cartouche

Gungl was born on August 20

signed by Lieutenant General/The Commandant

Canada, Cef. A 16Th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Scottish" Glengarry Badge Auction 36 mm x 82 mmIn white metal, voided, measuring 59 mm (w) x 45. 5 mm (h), all three lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in British Columbia, Manitoba and Ontario and mobilized at Camp Valcartier, Quebec under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914. The Battalion sailed October 3, 1914 with a strength of 47 officers and 1,096 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant Colonel R. G. Edwards Leckie. The Battalion served in France