Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps Pin Hold otherwise extremely fine and scarce

otherwise extremely fine and scarce

Nova Scotia on May 19

Made in aluminum

lookouts aboard HMS Sheffield noted the presence of Bismarck and Prinz Eugen making their way to the southwest along the ice at a fast rate of speed

Membership badge

Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps Pin Hold otherwise extremely fine and scarceCanadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps Pin Silver gilt and enamels, weighing 8. 8 grams, maker marked "TIPTAFT" on the reverse (partly obscured under the clasp hinge), 30. 5 mm x 33 mm, horizontal pinback, extremely 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