Canada, CEF. A 38th Infantry Battalion "Royal Ottawa Battalion" Cap Badge Archive Cross Of Merit For Opera

Cross Of Merit For Opera Nazionale Balilla (Young Italians)

flanked on each side by ribbing

the arms of the cross are in blue enamel

with seventeen years' service in the New York National Guard

He was put in minor positions with little influence

Canada, CEF. A 38th Infantry Battalion "Royal Ottawa Battalion" Cap Badge Archive Cross Of Merit For OperaIn browning copper, maker marked "J. R. GAUNT LONDON" on the reverse, measuring 37. 5 mm (w) x 39. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, light contact, exhibiting scattered greening on the obverse, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Ottawa, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915. The Battalion sailed with a strength of 37 officers and 1,038 other ranks for Bermuda on August 8, 1915 as a Protective Garrison.