Canada, CEF. A 5th Infantry Battalion "Western Canadian Cavalry" Cap Badge GTRexclude Queensland

Queensland

he was mobilized for service in the French theatre

and identifies him as a military pilot with qualifications dating to 1916

culminating in his 1933 flight with twenty-four aircraft to Chicago's Century of Progress International Exposition

flanked by a small period photograph of von Richthofen with comrades measuring 9 cm (w) x 10

Canada, CEF. A 5th Infantry Battalion "Western Canadian Cavalry" Cap Badge GTRexclude QueenslandIn browning copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 36 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), one of two lugs intact, the other lug broken off, residue evident in the recessed areas from cleaning on the obverse, very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Western Canada with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier, Quebec under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914. The Battalion sailed October 3, 1914, with a strength of 45 officers and 1,095 other ranks