Wwi 1St Mounted Rifle Battalion Cap Badge Auction looped to the cockade on

looped to the cockade on the left side

one week before he was wounded at the Battle of the Somme on July 24th

1 Clasp - PALESTINE (J

German Social Welfare Medal

For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty

Wwi 1St Mounted Rifle Battalion Cap Badge Auction looped to the cockade onWWI 1st Mounted Rifle Battalion Cap Badge Browning brass, maker marked "TIPTAFT B'HAM" on the reverse, 43. 8 mm x 50. 5 mm, intact lugs and pin, extremely fine. Footnote: The 1st Mounted Rifle Battalion was organized on March 15, 1915, in Brandon, Manitoba. It served in France from September 21, 1915, until the armistice and disbanded on November 15, 1920.