Canada, CEF. First War 140th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction Archive Third Reich: Long Service Cross

Third Reich: Long Service Cross

circumscribed by a commemorative inscription indicating the that medal was issued to commemorate the inaugural round-the-world flight of the airship Graf Zeppelin

the 29th Waterloo Regiment and in 1915

the reverse with bearing a central date of “1

The Cross was discontinued in 1940 when Latvia fell under the control of the Soviet Union

Canada, CEF. First War 140th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction Archive Third Reich: Long Service CrossIn pickled copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 36 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in New Brunswick with mobilization headquarters at Saint John, under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed September 27, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel L. H. Bee with a strength of 33 officers and 820 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was broken up and absorbed into