Canada, CEF. A 181st Infantry Battalion "Brandon Battalion" Cap Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Postschutz Dolch)

(Postschutz Dolch)

accompanied by a shortened period original ribbon

stamped twice in Cyrillic text with the Milosheva of Sofia maker mark and coded "3-23-89" on the edge

Nagel was placed in the RAD (Reichsarbeitsdienst = National Labour Service)

has a grey paper stiffener on the reverse

Canada, CEF. A 181st Infantry Battalion "Brandon Battalion" Cap Badge Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Postschutz Dolch)In browning copper with a slight blackened finish, voided, maker marked "RESSOR" on the reverse, measuring 35. 3 mm (w) x 46. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, contact marks and surface wear, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the Brandon district of Manitoba with mobilization headquarters at Brandon under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia on April 18, 1917 aboard the S. S.