A First War 100Th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Grenadiers" Cap Badge Auction edged with golden/yellow rayon waffenfarbe

edged with golden/yellow rayon waffenfarbe

Naming is engraved on the two Crimea medals

Henry Bertram was a Prussian immigrant

fine chipping evident in the white enamels

A First War 100Th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Grenadiers" Cap Badge Auction edged with golden/yellow rayon waffenfarbeCanada: Blackened brass, unmarked, 38. 5 mm x 52. 2 mm, replacement lugs, glue residue evident on the reverse from previous board mounting, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Winnipeg, Manitoba under authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia, on September 18, 1916 aboard the S. S. Olympic, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. B. Mitchell with a