Canada, CEF. A 99th Infantry Battalion "Essex Battalion" Cap Badge, Type I United Republic of on 37 mm pins)

on 37 mm pins)

” (reference to seeing a “Loose Lips Sink Ships” poster

A Reichsarbeitsdienst (Reich Labour Service/RAD) Leader’s belt buckle

He was alone in the aircraft

Canada, CEF. A 99th Infantry Battalion "Essex Battalion" Cap Badge, Type I United Republic of on 37 mm pins)In pickled copper, unmarked, measuring 41 mm (w) x 47. 8 mm (h), both lugs intact, traces of greening evident below the buckle, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Essex County, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Windsor under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed May 31, 1916 aboard the S. S. Olympic, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel T. B. Welch with a strength of