A First War 20Th Infantry Canadian Battalion Sweetheart Badge Auction Third Reich period

Third Reich period

hallmarked with the Royal crown and an additional mark

Gunner Baker was discharged from service twelve years and three days later

with its original waxed paper wrapper

that he was not married and that his trade as that of Labourer

A First War 20Th Infantry Canadian Battalion Sweetheart Badge Auction Third Reich period1st Central Ontario Regiment: Gilt sterling silver with red, white and blue enamels, marked with an anchor (made in Birmingham), the British lion, date marked "s" (1917) and maker marked "G. A.&S" on the reverse, 28. 7 mm x 30 mm, horizontal pinback, intact enamels, extremely fine. Footnote: The 20th Infantry Battalion was raised in Central and Northern Ontario and mobilized in Toronto under the authority of G. O. 36, March 15, 1915. The Battalion