Canada, CEF. A 33rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, Type II with "33" within a circle Republic of circumscribed “Joseph II Augustus”

circumscribed “Joseph II Augustus”

measuring 51 mm (w) x 86

Alfred Elder von Schnek died on October 12th 1952 in Vienna

marked "4" & "14"

Canada, CEF. A 33rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, Type II with "33" within a circle Republic of circumscribed “Joseph II Augustus”In browning copper, unmarked, measuring 35 mm (w) x 37. 8 mm (h), both lugs intact, contact marked, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in London, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915. The Battalion sailed March 17, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel A. Wilson with a strength of 40 officers and 946 other ranks. The Battalion was absorbed into the 36th Infantry Battalion in England. It was