Canada, CEF. A 255th Infantry Battalion "Queen's Own Rifles" Cap Badge Province of China 1941/42 Eastern Front Medal

1941/42 Eastern Front Medal

Type I (1945-1970)

118 machine guns

1939-45 War Medal with MID leaf

Canada, CEF. A 255th Infantry Battalion "Queen's Own Rifles" Cap Badge Province of China 1941/42 Eastern Front MedalIn pickled brass, unmarked, measuring 42. 5 mm (w) x 50. 8 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Central Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Toronto under the authority of G. O. 48, May 1, 1917. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard the S. S. Olympic, on June 2, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel G. C. Royce with a strength of 13 officers and 284 other