A 1939 “Tag der Wehrmacht” event badge
Dated Apr 22nd
a fix showed that it was approximately in the Inverness area about 30 miles west of its course
maker marked with the stylized Assmann "A" (F
it depicts a cornflower in silver-grey thread over black wool
A First War 8Th Infantry Battalion "The Black Devils/90Th Winnipeg Rifles" Cap Badge GTRexclude A 1939 “Tag der Wehrmacht”Canada; Pickled copper, unmarked, 46 mm (w) x 39 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Brandon and Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Port Arthur and Kenora, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier, Quebec under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914. The Battalion sailed October 3, 1914 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel L. J. Lipsett with a strength of 45 officers and 1,085 other ranks.