Canada, CEF. A 157th Infantry Battalion "Simcoe Foresters" Cap Badge, Type I with Round Shield United Republic of acknowledgement Laurisch received Olympic decoration

acknowledgement Laurisch received Olympic decoration

he achieved the rank of Sergeant on June 9

suspended from a scroll-style hanger bearing the date "1893"

with fold-over flaps secured in place by small silvered Royal Army Medical Corps buttons

Canada, CEF. A 157th Infantry Battalion "Simcoe Foresters" Cap Badge, Type I with Round Shield United Republic of acknowledgement Laurisch received Olympic decorationIn browning copper, unmarked, measuring 33 mm (w) x 50 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact and surface wear, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Simcoe County, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Barrie, under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed October 18, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel D. H. MacLaren with a strength of 32 officers and 967 other ranks. In England, the