Canada, CEF. A 182nd Infantry Battalion "Ontario County Battalion" Cap Badge Hold Flight Sub Lieutenant Charles Torryburn

Flight Sub Lieutenant Charles Torryburn Brimer

maker marked "IMME & SOHN BERLIN

photographed by Nicola Perscheid

Footnote: The Order of Merit was established in 1922

A Badge for an Honorary Builder of the USSR Construction Ministry

Canada, CEF. A 182nd Infantry Battalion "Ontario County Battalion" Cap Badge Hold Flight Sub Lieutenant Charles TorryburnIn pickled brass, maker marked "ELLIS BROS" on the reverse, measuring 46. 5 mm (w) x 46. 3 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the County of Ontario, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Whitby under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed May 3, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel A. A. Cockburn with a strength of 9 officers and 208 other ranks.