Canada, CEF. A 52nd Infantry Battalion "New Ontario Regiment" Cap Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic certified by the handwritten signature

certified by the handwritten signature of Generalmajor Walter Krause (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross

with intermittently silver and black braided cord on all four four sides of the tab

with pinback hanger

and in extremely fine condition and rare

on the obverse

Canada, CEF. A 52nd Infantry Battalion "New Ontario Regiment" Cap Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic certified by the handwritten signatureIn pickled copper, unmarked, measuring 35. 8 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), one lug slightly bent but both are intact, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Western Ontario under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915. The mobilization headquarters was at Port Arthur. The Battalion sailed November 23, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. A. D. Hulme with a strength of 48 officers and 1,032 other ranks. The