Wwi 80Th Infantry Battalion Collar Tab Pair Cef GTRexclude A War Merit Cross 1st

A War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords by Deschler with Case & Cartonage - In silvered tombac

thus fair/good condition

four clasps: Alma

Lankin was credited with having served in Canada

Wwi 80Th Infantry Battalion Collar Tab Pair Cef GTRexclude A War Merit Cross 1stWWI 80th Infantry Battalion Collar Tab Pair CEF Pickled copper and pickled brass, voided, unmarked, 29 mm x 29. 5 mm and 29 mm x 29. 7 mm respectively, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Eastern Ontario under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The mobilization headquarters was at Barriefield, Ontario. The Battalion embarked Canada on May 16, 1916 aboard the S. S. Baltic, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. G.