Canada. An 80Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction mounted with the 1870-1871 War

mounted with the 1870-1871 War Medal in bronze

Komtur is just another word for Commander of an order

identifying the tunic as belonging to a Generalleutnant

with reverse centre slightly turned counter clockwise and enamel loss

48 mm wide collar has two rows of gold bullion trim

Canada. An 80Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction mounted with the 1870-1871 WarIn pickled copper, voided, measuring 42. 7 mm (w) x 44 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Eastern Ontario under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The mobilization headquarters was at Barriefield, Ontario. The Battalion embarked Canada on May 16, 1916 aboard the S. S. Baltic, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. G. Ketcheson with a strength of 35 officers and 1,041 other ranks, arriving in