Two Gold First War Canadian Badges Auction bearing the motto "AUSPICIUM MELIORIS

bearing the motto "AUSPICIUM MELIORIS AEVI" (A token of a better age) in gold bullion wire

Princess Marine Anne of Saxe-Altenburg married Georg

as he was sentenced to ten days field punishment for "drunkeness" when on active service

A Croatian Homeland Gratitude Decoration -  in silver

when she signed her Officers' Declaration Paper with the Canadian Army Medical Corps

Two Gold First War Canadian Badges Auction bearing the motto "AUSPICIUM MELIORISWWI 13th Infantry Battalion Gold Stickpin Gold, weighing 2. 2 grams, hallmarked and marked "10K" on the reverse of the insignia, marked "PATRE . ISD1909" with an engraved animal insignia on the stickpin receiver, 6. 2 mm x 11. 7 mm, on a 57. 6 mm stickpin with receiver, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Quebec and Nova Scotia with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier, Quebec under the authority of P. C.