Canada, Cef. A 63Rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1915 Auction Archive with fifty-three officers and men

with fifty-three officers and men perishing

It is signed in black ink by an Oberst (Colonel) and the regiment’s commander

many combat missions

PFORZHEIM" on the reverse

1930’s Spanish Fascist Member’s Badge - in silvered metal

Canada, Cef. A 63Rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1915 Auction Archive with fifty-three officers and menIn blackened brass, measuring 36 mm (w) x 47. 7 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Alberta under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. Mobilization headquarters was at Edmonton, Alberta. The Battalion sailed April 22, 1916 with a strength of 36 officers and 1,018 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant Colonel G. B. McLeod. The Battalion was absorbed by the 9th Reserve