Wwi 159Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Buy Now Pavelic presenting Croatian Military Commander-Marshall

Pavelic presenting Croatian Military Commander-Marshall Slavko Kvaternik with Marshal’s Axe

some gilding worn off

Very good quality lanyard

on heavily padded black wool background (about 15mm thick

lightly soiled original ribbons

Wwi 159Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Buy Now Pavelic presenting Croatian Military Commander-MarshallWWI 159th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF Pickled brass, maker marked "ELLIS BROS" on the reverse, 41. 8 mm x 50. 3 mm, intact lugs and pin, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the Nipissing and Sudbury areas of Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Haileybury under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed November 1, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel E. F. Armstrong with