Canada, CEF. A WWI 117th Infantry Battalion Collar Tab Auction GAUNT LONDON" on their reverses

GAUNT LONDON" on their reverses

showing slight surface wear

printed by Hans Retzlaff

with patina & orgiinal ribbon with marked brooch

Canada, CEF. A WWI 117th Infantry Battalion Collar Tab Auction GAUNT LONDON" on their reversesCanada. WWI 117th Infantry Battalion Collar Tab CEF Pickled brass, voided, unmarked, 27 mm x 35. 7 mm, intact lugs and pin, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Eastern Quebec, with mobilization headquarters at Sherbrooke under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed August 14, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel L. J. Gilbert with a strength of 36 officers and 943 other ranks.