Canada, CEF. A 181st Infantry Battalion "Brandon Battalion" Cap Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic painted tombac

painted tombac

above laurel and oak branches and topped by a date og “17 MÄRZ 1863”

Frauenschaft Badge by Steinhauer & Lück - In bronze

and several punched holes on the front cover as well as the back cover

Nagel was placed in the RAD (Reichsarbeitsdienst = National Labour Service)

Canada, CEF. A 181st Infantry Battalion "Brandon Battalion" Cap Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic painted tombacIn browning copper with a slight blackened finish, voided, maker marked "RESSOR" on the reverse, measuring 35. 3 mm (w) x 46. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, contact marks and surface wear, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the Brandon district of Manitoba with mobilization headquarters at Brandon under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia on April 18, 1917 aboard the S. S.