A First War 202Nd Infantry Battalion Sweetheart Badge Auction Bronze Grade - Franz Joseph

Bronze Grade - Franz Joseph I

drafted to the Cruiser H

ZIMMERMANN STUTTGART" on the reverse

Immelmann / Hauptmann Boelcke" below and numbered "6004" at the lower right

Circa 1941

A First War 202Nd Infantry Battalion Sweetheart Badge Auction Bronze Grade - Franz JosephBronze gilt with red, white and blue enamels, unmarked, 25. 5 mm x 26. 3 mm, horizontal pinback, chipping evident in the white enamels on "202", near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Edmonton, Alberta under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed November 24, 1916, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel P. E. Bowen, with a strength of 27 officers and 746 other ranks. In England, the Battalion