Canada, CEF. A 17th Infantry Battalion Glengarry & Collar Badges, C.1915 GTRexclude Special Grade Assault Badge –

Special Grade Assault Badge – Grade II (25) -  by JFS

Instituted 11 November 1905

hand-embroidered design on black velvet cloth

the pointier end of the plate slightly bent and its corresponding pin raised slightly above the surface of the plate

Was a flight instructor prior to being inducted into the Schnellkampfgeschwader

Canada, CEF. A 17th Infantry Battalion Glengarry & Collar Badges, C.1915 GTRexclude Special Grade Assault Badge –"Nova Scotia Highlanders" "Seaforth Highlanders of Canada". Glengarry Badge: in white metal, voided, measuring 51 mm (w) x 58 mm (h), both lugs intact; and Collar Badge: in white metal, voided, measuring 29. 8 mm (w) x 31. 8 mm (h), both lugs intact. Extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Nova Scotia with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier, Quebec under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914. On September 21st, when