Canada, Cef. A 208Th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Irish" Cap Badge, C.1916 Auction was awarded the United Nations

was awarded the United Nations Operation in the Congo Medal (ONUC) with Congo Clasp on November 2

reverse inscribed “AM 70

Footnote: SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Hermann Schifferdecker was born 10

topped by a hand-etched inscription of “A

He enrolled in the R

Canada, Cef. A 208Th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Irish" Cap Badge, C.1916 Auction was awarded the United NationsIn browning copper, voided, measuring 43. 5 mm (w) x 53. 3 mm (h), both lugs intact but bent back, contact marks evident on the "208" designation, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed May 3, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel T. H. Lennox with a strength of 27 officers and 686 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was