Wwi 83Rd Infantry Battalion Collar Badge Auction Messina Carabinieri Faithful Service Medal

Messina Carabinieri Faithful Service Medal - Bronze

Kleeberg below bust

Cutcliffe with a strength of 32 officers and 974 other ranks

70 mm x 130 mm x 57 mm)

marked "EIGENTUM DER FLIEGERTRUPPEN" (Property of the Aviator Troops)

Wwi 83Rd Infantry Battalion Collar Badge Auction Messina Carabinieri Faithful Service MedalWWI 83rd Infantry Battalion Collar Badge Browning copper, maker marked "ELLIS BROS. 1916" on the reverse, 29. 5 mm x 29. 7 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed April 28, 1916 with a strength of 35 officers and 1,081 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant Colonel R. Pellatt. In England, the Battalion was