Canada, CEF. A 118th Infantry Battalion "North Waterloo Overseas Battalion" Cap Badge, Type I with "North Waterloo" visually-hidden US-manufactured badges

US-manufactured badges

the interior presents a deep red silk lid marked ELKINGTON & Co

a superb piece commemorating one of the key developments of the Spanish Civil War and subsequent national history in near extremely fine condition

the obverse bearing a raised SS-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

measuring 62 mm (w) x 17 mm (h) each)

Canada, CEF. A 118th Infantry Battalion "North Waterloo Overseas Battalion" Cap Badge, Type I with "North Waterloo" visually-hidden US-manufactured badgesIn browning copper, unmarked, measuring 35. 7 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Northern Waterloo County, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Kitchener under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed January 26, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. M. O. Lochead with a strength of 15 officers and 231 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed