topped by a Heer-style German nationale eagle clutching a mobile swastika
measuring 26 mm (w) x 440 mm (l)
A rare museum exhibition example of the 1939 Grand Cross of the Iron Cross
would go on to fight through the Battle of the Bulge
Canada, CEF. A 216th Infantry Battalion "Toronto Bantams" Cap Badge Archive topped by a Heer-style GermanIn blackened browning copper, maker marked "ELLIS BROS TORONTO" on the reverse, measuring 38. 5 mm (w) x 47. 3 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed April 18, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel F. L. Burton with a strength of 30 officers and 783 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was