A First War 47Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Hold A Cased German Social Welfare

A Cased German Social Welfare Decoration - 3rd Class

backing nut and plate in silver

1943 at the Canadian Infantry Corps Training Camp at Camp Ipperwash

along with assorted letters and research papers

the Prussian Pour le Merite at the neck

A First War 47Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Hold A Cased German Social WelfareA First War 47th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Browning copper, unmarked, 39. 5 mm x 42. 5 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in British Columbia under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915. The mobilization headquarters was at New Westminster. The Battalion sailed November 13, 1915, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. N. Winsby with a strength of 36 officers and 1,114 other ranks. The Battalion served in