A First War Cef 20Th Infantry Battalion "1St Central Ontario Regiment" Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity the highest award for valor

the highest award for valor of the country

KLASSE" on the front and maker mark stamped "R

inscribed "Dem Stützpunktleiter des Stützpunktes Bocholt Lokführer Heinrich Block fur treue Mitarbeit gewidmet

as modeled by Oskar Reich of Berlin

"Horst Wessel " embroidered in the center in silvery-grey rayon threads

A First War Cef 20Th Infantry Battalion "1St Central Ontario Regiment" Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity the highest award for valorCanada; Browning copper, maker mark obscured on the reverse, 46. 5 mm x 50. 5 mm, one lug is intact, the other is a replacement, light contact, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Central and Northern Ontario and mobilized in Toronto under the authority of G. O. 36, March 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed May 15, 1915 aboard the S. S. Megantic, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. A. W. Allen, with a strength of 35 officers