Canada, Cef. A 205Th Infantry Battalion "Hamilton Tiger Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1916 Auction Archive in die stamped silvered iron

in die stamped silvered iron (magnetic)

he tried unsuccessfully to enter both the Army and the Navy Air Corps

41 mm x 60

His Military Cross citation reads as follows: "During the night 21/22 July 1943 this officer was in charge of a detachment of engineers ordered to carry out a bridging operation south of Leonforte

his wife Delphine passing away the following year

Canada, Cef. A 205Th Infantry Battalion "Hamilton Tiger Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1916 Auction Archive in die stamped silvered ironIn pickled copper, measuring 42. 5 mm (w) x 44 mm (h), both lugs intact but pinched, scattered wear in the picked finish, very light contact, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Hamilton, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. On December 20, 1916, the Battalion was re designated a Draft Depot for the Canadian Machine Gun Corps, Military District 2, Central Ontario. On October 10, 1917, the unit