1943 during the evacuation of the Kuban bridgehead
98 General Hospital on December 13th
sides and undersides in yellow (gold) wool
Grand Cross Star in Gold & Diamonds
the enamels on the red cross mostly worn away
Canada. A 168Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, C.1915 Auction 1943 during the evacuation ofIn pickled copper, measuring 36. 7 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Oxford County, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Woodstock under the authority of G. O. 151, December 2, 1915. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia on November 1, 1916 aboard the S. S. Lapland, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. K. McMullen with a strength of 26 officers and 688 other ranks, arriving