Canada, CEF. A 181st Infantry Battalion "Brandon Battalion" Cap Badge visually-hidden No more than eighteen people

No more than eighteen people were awarded the order and its cross by then

otherwise unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Gebrüder Hemmerle

KLASSE OHNE SCHWERTER” and a maker’s mark of “GEBR

It could be awarded to military and civilian personnel

Canada, CEF. A 181st Infantry Battalion "Brandon Battalion" Cap Badge visually-hidden No more than eighteen peopleIn 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.