opening with dual functional bronze snap buttons and dual functional metal hinges
with light scratches on the blade common to to extraction and return to the scabbard
material fatigue evident throughout
46 (1943) while serving with the 1st Armored Division and received a subsequent award of the Silver Star (oak leaf cluster) under General Orders No
1943 and upon arrival in the United Kingdom
Canada, CEF. A 86th Infantry Battalion "86th Machine Gun Battalion" Cap Badge, by Lees & Co Auction Archive opening with dual functional bronzeIn browning copper, voided, maker marked "LEES & Co. 1915" on the reverse, measuring 47. 8 mm (w) x 44. 5 mm (h), extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Southern Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Hamilton, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed May 22, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. W. Stewart with a strength of 36 officers and 1,072 other ranks. In England, the