A First War 134Th Infantry Battalion "48Th Highlanders" Glengarry Badge Auction The Order of Medjidie (Mecidiye)

The Order of Medjidie (Mecidiye)

Kurt Pflugbeil was captured by Soviet troops in the Courland Pocket in 1945

Although no definitive date is stated

Between each of the same seven silver sections are three gold rays

the eagle in fine machine embroidered yellow threading with a forest-green embroidered backing

A First War 134Th Infantry Battalion "48Th Highlanders" Glengarry Badge Auction The Order of Medjidie (Mecidiye)Canada; Browning copper, voided, maker marked "ELLIS BROS TORONTO" on the reverse, 46. 5 mm (w) x 58 mm (h), intact lugs and pin, green oxidation evident on the obverse, near 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 August 9, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel A. A. Miller with a strength of 32 officers and 1,078 other ranks.