Canada, CEF. A 222nd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, Type I with Single Maple Leaf Design certificate_of_authenticity Jan Krasicki Cross

Jan Krasicki Cross

and a manufacture date of “1943”

consisting of a Maltese Cross with red enameled arms bordered by black enamel and with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece

It was suppressed after the Soviet invasion of 1940

and with double-sided fullers running approximately two-thirds of the length of each side

Canada, CEF. A 222nd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, Type I with Single Maple Leaf Design certificate_of_authenticity Jan Krasicki CrossIn pickled copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 44 mm (w) x 50. 8 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact and surface wear, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Manitoba with mobilization headquarters at Winnipeg under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed November 13, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. Lightfoot with a strength of 32 officers and 993 other ranks. In England, the