Canada, CEF. A 7th Infantry Battalion "1st British Columbia Regiment" Cap Badge, by Hicks & Sons GTRexclude under the Yalta agreement

under the Yalta agreement

This is a scarce and very well preserved Deutscher Luftsportverband (DLV) visor cap badge

a victim of recurring "shell shock"

1 1917/18”

The obverse of the blade bears a clear makers mark of “Hartkopf & Co

Canada, CEF. A 7th Infantry Battalion "1st British Columbia Regiment" Cap Badge, by Hicks & Sons GTRexclude under the Yalta agreementTwo piece construction, white metal insignia, mounted to a pickled copper maple leaf base, maker marked "HICKS & SONS LONDON" on the reverse, measuring 43. 7 mm (w) x 44. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, spotting and light contact evident in the white metal insignia, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in British Columbia and mobilized at Camp Valcartier, Quebec under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914, sailing on October 3,