Canada, CEF. A 83rd Infantry Battalion "Queen's Own Rifles" Cap Badge, Type I certificate_of_authenticity dated 1 August 1944 and

dated 1 August 1944 and certified by the handwritten signature of Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler

Its officers and language of command were Slovene

without pin)

cypher of Mihailo Obrenović IV on the obverse

An artisan's son

Canada, CEF. A 83rd Infantry Battalion "Queen's Own Rifles" Cap Badge, Type I certificate_of_authenticity dated 1 August 1944 andIn browning copper, maker marked "ELLIS BROS." on the reverse, measuring 47 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near 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 absorbed