Wwi 126Th Infantry Battalion "Peel Battalion" Cap Badge Cef Auction Archive The Hessen Order of Philip

The Hessen Order of Philip the Magnanimous in Gold

the Canadian veteran stated that he used them through the last year of the war in France

HODGES R266186)

lacquered swastika

Wwi 126Th Infantry Battalion "Peel Battalion" Cap Badge Cef Auction Archive The Hessen Order of PhilipWWI 126th Infantry Battalion "Peel Battalion" Cap Badge CEF Browning copper, maker marked "ELLIS BROS TORONTO" on the reverse, 45. 6 mm x 46. 5 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the County of Peel, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed August 14, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel F. J. Hamilton with a strength