A First War 119Th Infantry Battalion "Algoma Overseas Battalion" Cap Badge Auction Archive Army Flak Badge

Army Flak Badge

Application for the Canadian Forces' Decoration and Death Certificate

1942 and signed in black ink by Major and Wing Commodore Hannes Trautloft (1912–1995)

leather reinforcement patches sewn in place at the top and bottom of the hoist sleeve

OVERSEAS" (4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Regiment)

A First War 119Th Infantry Battalion "Algoma Overseas Battalion" Cap Badge Auction Archive Army Flak BadgeCanada: Pickled brass, unmarked, 35 mm x 42. 8 mm, both lugs intact, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the Algoma and Manitoulin areas of Ontario, with mobilization headquarters at Sault Ste. Marie under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed on August 9, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel T. P. T. Rowland with a strength of 32 officers and 935 other ranks. Upon arrival in