Canada, CEF. A 223rd Infantry Battalion "Canadian Scandinavians" Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Order of the Oak Crown

Order of the Oak Crown (Ordre de la Couronne de Chêne): in silver gilt with green and white enamels

near extremely fine) to Zimmermann’s father

prongs or sliders

The site of Rheinberg War Cemetery was chosen in April 1946 by the Army Graves Service for the assembly of Commonwealth graves recovered from numerous German cemeteries in the area

7 mm (h) ribbon bar with a silvered GDR coat-of-arms clasp affixed

Canada, CEF. A 223rd Infantry Battalion "Canadian Scandinavians" Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Order of the Oak CrownIn pickled copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 45 mm (w) x 46 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact and surface wear, near extremely 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 May 3, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel H. Albrechsten with a strength of 15 officers and 507 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was