A First War 100Th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Grenadiers" Cap Badge Auction A Commander's German Eagle Order

A Commander's German Eagle Order by Godet - Silver gilt and enamels

fine chipping evident in the white enamels

Henry Bertram was a Prussian immigrant

Italian War Merit Cross - Bronze

edged with golden/yellow rayon waffenfarbe

A First War 100Th Infantry Battalion "Winnipeg Grenadiers" Cap Badge Auction A Commander's German Eagle OrderCanada: Blackened brass, unmarked, 38. 5 mm x 52. 2 mm, replacement lugs, glue residue evident on the reverse from previous board mounting, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Winnipeg, Manitoba under authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia, on September 18, 1916 aboard the S. S. Olympic, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. B. Mitchell with a