Canada, CEF. A 166th Infantry Battalion "Queen's Own Rifles of Canada" Cap Badge Auction Archive French Veterans of the Rhineland

French Veterans of the Rhineland and the Ruhr Medal - Bronze

marked "M9/25" and maker marked "Richard Sieper & Söhne Ludenscheid" on the reverse

96 in 1905

(Infanterie Kepie)

cypher of Ferdinand I on the obverse centrepiece

Canada, CEF. A 166th Infantry Battalion "Queen's Own Rifles of Canada" Cap Badge Auction Archive French Veterans of the RhinelandIn blackened copper, unmarked, measuring 43 mm (w) x 50. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario, under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed October 13, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. G. Mitchell with a strength of 32 officers and 859 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 12th Reserve