Canada, CEF. An 81st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Archive the obverse bearing a Reichsleitung

the obverse bearing a Reichsleitung des Reichsarbeitsdienstes (RLAD) insignia

engraved with “III

Germany (Saxony): Albert Order 2nd Class (multi-piece construction

all eight have stamped tin seals on the reverse and are marked "GES

he was stationed to Tain

Canada, CEF. An 81st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Archive the obverse bearing a ReichsleitungIn pickled copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 35. 5 mm (w) x 39. 2 mm (h), both lugs intact, obverse exhibiting greening and blackened with age, light contact, better than very fine. Footnote: The 81st Infantry Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed April 28, 1916 with a strength of 36 officers and 1,067 other ranks, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel B. H. Belson.