Canada, Cef. A 225Th Infantry Battalion "Kootenay Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1916 Auction Archive COVENT GARDEN" maker label sewn

COVENT GARDEN" maker label sewn upside down inside the pocket

marked “Heinz Peuckner Grünberg Schl

with central hand-stitched title in silver aluminum wire

He signed his Attestation Paper with the 2nd University Company CEF (McG144) on May 26

(Arbeitsbuch/Pracovní knížka)

Canada, Cef. A 225Th Infantry Battalion "Kootenay Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1916 Auction Archive COVENT GARDEN" maker label sewnIn browning copper, maker marked "O. B. ALLAN." on the reverse, measuring 42. 5 mm (w) x 49. 2 mm (h), all four prongs intact but bent back, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in British Columbia with mobilization headquarters at Fernie, British Columbia under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed January 25, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. Mackay with a strength of 20 officers and 427 other