A First War 202Nd Infantry Battalion Sweetheart Badge Auction Archive The Clayton Knight Committee

The Clayton Knight Committee

spotting evident on the base

For his service in these campaigns he was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class on December 15

The knife has a cap on the pommel that is silver with a flowing thistle-patterned design

early plate

A First War 202Nd Infantry Battalion Sweetheart Badge Auction Archive The Clayton Knight CommitteeBronze gilt with red, white and blue enamels, unmarked, 25. 5 mm x 26. 3 mm, horizontal pinback, chipping evident in the white enamels on "202", near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Edmonton, Alberta under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed November 24, 1916, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel P. E. Bowen, with a strength of 27 officers and 746 other ranks. In England, the Battalion