Company Quartermaster Sergeant William Charles Johnson
Lippert was awarded the German Cross in Gold posthumously on February 20 and was promoted to SS-Obersturmbannführer
A lot of six Third Reich period insignia badges
4mm (h – inclusive of eyelet)
above a second pattern SS-style Totenkopf with details highlighted in black threading
Canada, CEF. A 15th Infantry 48th Highlanders Glengarry Badge GTRexclude Company Quartermaster Sergeant William CharlesIn browning copper, reverse with two intact lugs 69. 2 mm (w) x 71. 2 mm (h), dark patina, very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Ontario and Quebec and mobilized at Camp Valcartier, Quebec under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914. The Battalion sailed October 3, 1914 with a compliment of 44 officers and 1,109 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. A. Currie. The Battalion served in France and Belgium with the 3rd