Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps Pin Archive Hampshire in August 1951

Hampshire in August 1951

where she held up her hand and said "Remember Edith Cavell

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all contained in a leather case

knotted in the appropriate-style on the sides and held in position via pebbled gilt posts on both sides

Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps Pin Archive Hampshire in August 1951Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps Pin Silver gilt and enamels, weighing 8. 8 grams, maker marked "TIPTAFT" on the reverse (partly obscured under the clasp hinge), 30. 5 mm x 33 mm, horizontal pinback, extremely fine. Footnote: In the winter of 1915, the Imperial War Office requested that the Canadian Government send two railway construction companies to France. The Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps was organized on May 15, 1915