Canada, CEF. A 170th Infantry Battalion "Mississauga Horse" Cap Badge, Type I with "In Malus Cornu" Auction This particular badge is fabricated

This particular badge is fabricated from green and black embroidery on a forest green wool base

Of the highest quality craftsmanship

It is signed by Colonel and Leader of the 164th Light Africa Division Kurt Freiherr von Liebenstein (1899–1975)

the neck badge in Gold

” measuring 46 mm (w) x 48 mm (h)

Canada, CEF. A 170th Infantry Battalion "Mississauga Horse" Cap Badge, Type I with "In Malus Cornu" Auction This particular badge is fabricatedIn browning copper, unmarked, measuring 44 mm (w) x 47. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact with pin, top tip of maple leaf slightly bent, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed October 26, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel L. Reed with a strength of 31 officers and 888 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the