Canada, CEF. A 47th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, Type II with Regular Leaf Buy Now sheet metal hinge and a

sheet metal hinge and a round wire catch

better than very fine to near extremely fine)

with most of the silver finish lost and with slot oxidation also evident

with a central black swastika circumscribed by a raised in inscription of “DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER” (“TO THE GERMAN MOTHER”)

reverse shows the Austrian Imperial and Hungarian Royal crowns above the letter "C" (for Carolus) with the inscription VITAM ET SANGVINEM

Canada, CEF. A 47th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, Type II with Regular Leaf Buy Now sheet metal hinge and aIn browning copper, unmarked but known to have been manufactured by Jacoby, measuring 39. 5 mm (w) x 41. 5 mm (h), both lugs and pin intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The 47th Infantry Battalion was raised in British Columbia under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915. The mobilization headquarters was at New Westminster. The Battalion sailed November 13, 1915, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. N. Winsby with a