Canada, CEF. A 65th Infantry Battalion "Saskatchewan Battalion" Cap Badge United Republic of The cover of the album

The cover of the album bears a raised silver Wehrmacht-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

adorned by a Prussian crown at the top

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a hand embroidered wreath of silver/aluminum wire encompassing an embroidered cockade of red and black thread with silver/aluminum wire

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Canada, CEF. A 65th Infantry Battalion "Saskatchewan Battalion" Cap Badge United Republic of The cover of the albumIn pickled copper, voided, measuring 37. 5 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), both lugs intact, solder residue evident on the tip of the upper leaf on the reverse, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Saskatchewan and Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The mobilization headquarters was at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The Battalion sailed June 18, 1916 with a strength of 33 officers and 1,040 other ranks