Canada, Cef. A 123Rd Infantry Battalion "Royal Grenadier Overseas Battalion 10Th Regiment" Cap Badge Archive London Gazette 14 January 1916

London Gazette 14 January 1916

Tunisian on October 3

a faceted double-ended five-pointed star with ball finials

presumably the volunteer detachment of future SS-Obergruppenführer Leo von Jena (1876–1957) in the Freikorps von Oven

Canada, Cef. A 123Rd Infantry Battalion "Royal Grenadier Overseas Battalion 10Th Regiment" Cap Badge Archive London Gazette 14 January 1916In brass, measuring 47 mm (w) x 46. 2 mm (h), both lugs pinched but intact, contact marks and surface wear, fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed August 9, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. B. Kingsmill, with a strength of 12 officers and 369 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was re designated the 123rd Pioneer Battalion.