Canada, CEF. A 100th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Grenadiers" Cap Badge GTRexclude above an inscription of “ERSTER

above an inscription of “ERSTER KREISTAG LUXEMBURG 1942”

1915 with a strength of 45 officers and 978 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel G

then in Camberwell

The rank of Hauptsturmführer was a mid-grade company level officer and was the equivalent of a captain (Hauptmann) in the German Army and also the equivalent of captain in foreign armies

In embroidered gilded wire and gilded metallic sequins

Canada, CEF. A 100th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Grenadiers" Cap Badge GTRexclude above an inscription of “ERSTERIn blackened copper, unmarked, measuring 38. 5 mm (w) x 52. 3 mm (h), both lugs intact, traces of greening evident on both sides, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Winnipeg, Manitoba under authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia, on September 18, 1916 aboard the S. S. Olympic, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. B. Mitchell with a strength of 31 officers