Wwi 97Th Battalion ”Toronto Americans” Cap Badge Archive A Seldom Awarded Order of

A Seldom Awarded Order of the Construction of the Polish Republic - In solid Gold and enamels

along with carcinoma of his bladder

flanked by two thin yellow rules on either side appear in the centre of the armband and runs its full length

Attributed to Field Marshall von Bock (Thies

in March 1917

Wwi 97Th Battalion ”Toronto Americans” Cap Badge Archive A Seldom Awarded Order ofBrowning copper, maker marked GEO H LEES & CO. and ELLIS BROS., 44 mm x 46. 5 mm, intact lugs and pin, excellent stamping, beautiful patina, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed September 19, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel A. B. Clark with a strength of 31 officers and 798 other ranks. The Battalion was one of four