A First War 119Th Infantry Battalion "Algoma Overseas Battalion" Cap Badge Auction Archive Croatian Officer awarding Ustasa Troops

Croatian Officer awarding Ustasa Troops - 85 x 134 mm of a Croatian Officer awarding Ustasa Troops

leather reinforcement patches sewn in place at the top and bottom of the hoist sleeve

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the line followed with three further four-screw and four-funnel steamers of the Kaiser class

OVERSEAS" (4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Regiment)

A First War 119Th Infantry Battalion "Algoma Overseas Battalion" Cap Badge Auction Archive Croatian Officer awarding Ustasa TroopsCanada: Pickled brass, unmarked, 35 mm x 42. 8 mm, both lugs intact, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the Algoma and Manitoulin areas of Ontario, with mobilization headquarters at Sault Ste. Marie under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed on August 9, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel T. P. T. Rowland with a strength of 32 officers and 935 other ranks. Upon arrival in