Canada, Cef. A 15Th Infantry Battalion "48Th Highlanders Of Canada" Glengarry Badge, C.1915 Auction maker marked "HOFFSTÄTTER - BONN"

maker marked "HOFFSTÄTTER - BONN" and marked "GES

accompanied by a silver pebbled metal button (the screw back seized/unremovable)

Instituted 1867

consisting of a ribbed and pebbled eight-pointed radiant star

light soiling evident on the lining on the inside lid

Canada, Cef. A 15Th Infantry Battalion "48Th Highlanders Of Canada" Glengarry Badge, C.1915 Auction maker marked "HOFFSTÄTTER - BONN"Type I with "15th Canadian Battn", Version I with large "48". In blackened copper, voided, measuring 63 mm (w) x 65. 7 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Ontario and Quebec and mobilized at Camp Valcartier, Quebec under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914. The Battalion sailed October 3, 1914 with a compliment of 44 officers and 1,109 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. A.