Canada, CEF. A WWI 148Th Infantry Battalion Collar Tab Auction Archive Foreign Volunteer Arm Shield-Turkistan Legion

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His mother received his WWI trio

1916 in Calgary

with all sixteen pages printed in black ink on a thick newsprint stock and a footnote on the back cover stating "Printed and Published by The Daily Express (1908) Ltd

he was qualified Pioneer 'C' and employed as a Pioneer with trades pay throughout his service

Canada, CEF. A WWI 148Th Infantry Battalion Collar Tab Auction Archive Foreign Volunteer Arm Shield-Turkistan LegionWWI 148th Infantry Battalion Collar Tab CEF Bronze gilt, voided, maker marked "BIRKS 1916" on the reverse, 21. 5 mm x 28. 5 mm, intact lugs and pin, gilt wear on the raised "148", near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the Montreal area of Quebec with mobilization headquarters at Montreal under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed September 27, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel A. A. McGee