Canada, Cef. A 99Th Infantry Battalion "Essex Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1915 Archive and Navy Expert Rifleman Medal

and Navy Expert Rifleman Medal

John Schmidt

on an original ribbon designated for the Navy

A Condor Legion Wound Badge constructed of silvered tombak

Canada, Cef. A 99Th Infantry Battalion "Essex Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1915 Archive and Navy Expert Rifleman MedalIn pickled copper, measuring 40. 5 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Essex County, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Windsor under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed May 31, 1916 aboard the S. S. Olympic, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel T. B. Welch with a strength of 36 officers and 825 other ranks, arriving in Liverpool,