1899 in Sibbesse (Lower Saxony)
Police Officer’s Sleeve Eagle - embroidered in silver flat wire and silvery/grey thread on top of thick padded Polizei green cloth
running reconnaissance
In the nineteenth century
with an inscription along the edge reading “AUS EROBERTEM GESCHÜTZ” (“FROM CAPTURED CANNON”)
Canada, Cef. A 159Th Infantry Battalion "1St Algonquin" Cap Badge, By Ellis Bros., C.1916 GTRexclude 1899 in Sibbesse (Lower Saxony)In browning copper, maker marked "ELLIS BROS" on the reverse, measuring 42 mm (w) x 49. 8 mm (h), both lugs intact, greening evident in the recessed areas, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the Nipissing and Sudbury areas of Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Haileybury under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed November 1, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel