Canada, CEF. A WWI 212th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Americans" Cap Badge Newly Listed Grand Cross set of insignia

Grand Cross set of insignia comprising Sash Badge and the Star: Badge in silver gilt and enamels 56 x 90 mm

Iron Cross Second Class 1939 - Marked 27

All three WWI medals are officially impressed

with light contact marks evident on the crossguard and pommel

Gibbons had headed the landing party of marines and bluejackets

Canada, CEF. A WWI 212th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Americans" Cap Badge Newly Listed Grand Cross set of insigniaWWI 212th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Americans" Cap Badge Browning copper, maker marked "GEO. H LEES & Co 1916" and "ELLIS BROS" on the reverse, 44. 5 mm x 47. 5 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Manitoba with mobilization headquarters at Winnipeg under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The commanding officer of the Battalion was Lieutenant Colonel E. C. Pitman. The Battalion was absorbed into the 97th