Canada, Cef. A 254Th Infantry Battalion "Quinte's Own" Cap Badge Auction Franco-Prussian War Veterans Medal 1870-1871

Franco-Prussian War Veterans Medal 1870-1871

When a company commander was seriously wounded in the neck near Orioung Pass on 10 June 1945

with each containing detailed typewritten reports on aerial activities and combat between German and Allied air units on the Western and Italian fronts

A group of seven Second War period badges

Canada, Cef. A 254Th Infantry Battalion "Quinte's Own" Cap Badge Auction Franco-Prussian War Veterans Medal 1870-1871In pickled brass, voided, measuring 39. 5 mm (w) x 49. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, residue evident in the recessed areas, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Central Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Belleville under the authority of G. O. 48, May 1, 1917. The Battalion sailed June 2, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel A. P. Allen with a strength of 8 officers 243 other ranks. In England,