Canada, CEF. A 59th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, Type II with Tiptaft Error Motto "Roy Pour Devoir" Auction Archive succumbing to gun shot (shrapnel)

succumbing to gun shot (shrapnel) wounds to his body and legs (as noted in the War Diary for the 85th Infantry Battalion)

He was named 2nd Lieutenant on April 26

Two additional threaded loops set into the same pocket accommodate a decoration with a vertical pinback

An Army Issue Kuban Campaign Shield - Bronzed metal (magnetic) sheet

the obverse bearing a central raised oak leaf and mobile swastika

Canada, CEF. A 59th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, Type II with Tiptaft Error Motto "Roy Pour Devoir" Auction Archive succumbing to gun shot (shrapnel)In browning copper, unmarked but known to have been manufactured by Tiptaft, measuring 35. 5 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), both lugs intact but slightly bent to one side, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The mobilization headquarters was near Kingston at Barriefield, Ontario. The Battalion left Canada April 5, 1916 with a strength