Canada. A Rare 12Th Battalion Canadian Railway Troops Officer's Cap Badge United Republic of a Hindenburg Cross ribbon with

a Hindenburg Cross ribbon with swords

had been presented to the Empress they could not "come out" in society

He was credited with having served seventeen months with the Canadian Machine Gun Company

The man saluting him is Major General Meinrad von Lauchert

Without maker's mark though Zagreb's 'Braca Knaus' was the only maker of this award

Canada. A Rare 12Th Battalion Canadian Railway Troops Officer's Cap Badge United Republic of a Hindenburg Cross ribbon withIn sterling silver with red enamels, maker marked "JRG&S" (J. R. Gaunt & Son), marked with an anchor (made in Birmingham), the British lion and date marked "s" (1917) on the reverse, measuring 40 mm (w) x 55 mm (h), both lugs intact, chipping evident in the red enamels on the insignia, near extremely fine. Footnote: The 12th Battalion Canadian Railway Troops was formed in the spring of 1918 by the conversion and re designation of the 3rd Labour