Canada, CEF. A 222nd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1916 United Republic of possible design prototypes for Ottoman

possible design prototypes for Ottoman decorations from the First World War

including a 1933 NSBO/German Labour Front Saalfeld-Rudolstadt badge

Awarded to Italians serving in the Balkans (Macedonia

the obverse with a central light blue enameled medallion depicting the rightward facing outline of Philipp in bronze gilt

A very fine and extensive Prussian Golden Military Merit Cross (NCO’s Pour le Mérite) Group of awards and documents

Canada, CEF. A 222nd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1916 United Republic of possible design prototypes for OttomanType I with Single Maple Leaf. In pickled copper, voided, measuring 45. 5 mm (w) x 50. 7 mm (h), both lugs intact, contact marks and surface wear, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Manitoba with mobilization headquarters at Winnipeg under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed November 13, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. Lightfoot with a strength of 32 officers and 993 other ranks. In