Canada, CEF. A 198th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Buffs" Cap Badge GTRexclude A Kriegsmarine officer’s summer uniform

A Kriegsmarine officer’s summer uniform breast eagle

A pair of naval school cap ribbon tallies

each constructed of black wool with cardboard cores

In the base of the box a further handwritten note enclosing a geranium leaf

the reverse bears the dates “27

Canada, CEF. A 198th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Buffs" Cap Badge GTRexclude A Kriegsmarine officer’s summer uniformIn browning copper, maker marked "P. W. ELLIS & CO" on the reverse, measuring 46 mm (w) x 46 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, obverse with residue evident in the recessed areas from cleaning, near extremely fine. Footnote: The 198th Infantry Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed March 28, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. A. Cooper with a