Canada, Cef. A 36Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1915 Newly Listed Oberleutnant of the Luftwaffe

Oberleutnant of the Luftwaffe

Any male person above the age of twenty-one years

and the HJ motto “Blut und Ehre” (German - Blood and Honour)

Wounded at the Battle of Vimy Ridge

Canada, Cef. A 36Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1915 Newly Listed Oberleutnant of the LuftwaffeIn browning copper, measuring 46. 5 mm (w) x 52 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Hamilton, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915. The Battalion sailed June 19, 1915 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel E. C. Ashton with a strength of 39 officers and 1,004 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 3rd Reserve Battalion and was disbanded on September 15,