Canada, CEF. A 240th Infantry Battalion "Lanark and Renfrew Battalion" Cap Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Footnote: The Siege of Mafeking

Footnote: The Siege of Mafeking was the most famous British action in the Second Boer War

this is a prime example of a early

some with gilt or silver finish where applicable in addition to multi-coloured enamels

It bears a central machine-embroidered inscription of “GROßDEUTSCHLAND” in Sütterlin script

who discovered 300 men trapped in a blackened mess compartment and

Canada, CEF. A 240th Infantry Battalion "Lanark and Renfrew Battalion" Cap Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Footnote: The Siege of MafekingIn pickled copper, unmarked, measuring 31. 3 mm (w) x 44. 3 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Ontario, with mobilization headquarters at Renfrew, under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed May 3, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel E. J. Watt, with a strength of 14 officers and 375 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 6th