Canada, CEF. A 1st Infantry Battalion "Ontario Regiment" Cap Badge, by Hicks & Sons Auction Archive the lid bearing a hand-engraved

the lid bearing a hand-engraved Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika situated above a date of “OKT

set within a blue enameled ring bearing a gilt inscription of “FIDELITER ET CONSTANTER” (“FAITHFUL AND STEADFAST)

(Luftwaffe Ärmelband Jagdgeschwader Richthofen für Mannschaften)

(1266 Cooly Tsa Venkannan Madras Transport Cooly Corps) Naming is engraved in italic script

Canada, CEF. A 1st Infantry Battalion "Ontario Regiment" Cap Badge, by Hicks & Sons Auction Archive the lid bearing a hand-engravedTwo piece construction, white metal insignia, mounted to a browning copper maple leaf base, maker marked "HICKS & SONS LONDON" on the reverse, measuring 44. 40 mm (w) x 43. 73 mm (h), both lugs intact, spotting evident on the obverse, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Southwestern Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914. The Battalion sailed October 3, 1914