leaving for overseas service in the French theatre on March 9
WWI Yser Cross - Bronze and green enamels
constructed of blackened metal (magnetic)
Footnote: At the beginning of the First World War
with a thatched pattern throughout
Canada, Cef. Two 15Th Infantry Battalion "48Th Highlanders Of Canada" Collar Badges GTRexclude leaving for overseas service inOne is Type I with "Canada" Scroll, small "48" and is right facing, the other is Type II with "Canada" Scroll, large "48" and is left facing. In browning copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 27. 8 mm (w) x 33. 5 mm (h) each, both lugs intact on both badges, the former with a pin, contact marks on the latter. Together, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Ontario and Quebec and mobilized at Camp Valcartier, Quebec under the