Canada, CEF. A 197th Infantry Battalion "Scandinavian Overseas Battalion / Vikings of Canada" Cap Badge United Republic of An aluminum alloy crossguard features

An aluminum alloy crossguard features a raised Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika on the obverse

the obverse bearing a central raised Reich Labour Service (RAD) insignia in the form of a shovel head overlaid by a mobile swastika

The document also features a large

obverse illustrating crossed rifles backed by a target

embossed with “fallschirmschützen=Abzeichen” in gold Gothic lettering

Canada, CEF. A 197th Infantry Battalion "Scandinavian Overseas Battalion / Vikings of Canada" Cap Badge United Republic of An aluminum alloy crossguard featuresIn pickled brass, voided, measuring 42 mm (w) x 37. 6 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Western Canada, with mobilization headquarters at Winnipeg, Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed January 16, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel H. G. Forseca with a strength of 9 officers and 306 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was