Canada. A No. 1 Construction Battalion Cap Badge, C.1915 GTRexclude eagle in patinated tombac

eagle in patinated tombac

24 mm x 40

mounted on a full length of original neck ribbon

(Feldbindenschloss für Politische Leiter der NSDAP)

Canada. A No. 1 Construction Battalion Cap Badge, C.1915 GTRexclude eagle in patinated tombacIn blackened brass, maker marked "ELLIS BROS" on the reverse, measuring 36 mm (w) x 42 mm (h), both lugs intact, surface wear, spotting, better than very fine. Footnote: In the winter of 1915, the Imperial War Office requested that the Canadian Government send two railway construction companies to France. The Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps was organized on May 15, 1915 and comprised about 500 men from the construction forces of the