Canada. A Named 256Th Battalion Trench Art Service Dress Cap Hold A 1937 Kreisfest mit Volksfest

A 1937 Kreisfest mit Volksfest Gaustadt Dessau badge (4

with minor residue on reverse

maker marked "BREADNER Co OTTAWA" on the reverse

the observer wearing a Ribbon Bar for the Iron Cross 1st Class above the Iron Cross 1st Class and the Prussian Observer Badge on his left breast

It is that of the shortened type

Canada. A Named 256Th Battalion Trench Art Service Dress Cap Hold A 1937 Kreisfest mit VolksfestCanada; Fabricated from a brass shell casing and fashioned to look like a CEF service dress cap, complete with a protruding piece bent back to create the visor, the front engraved with the 256th Infantry Battalion insignia, flanked by "1099157 CORPl" above "FRANCE" on the left and "W. STANLEY" above "BELGIUM" on the right, with the date "1917" below the insignia, two sets of production markings on the bottom, the top line is mostly obscured, while the