Canada, CEF. An Eaton Motor Machine Gun Battery Cap Badge, Maple Leaf Crossed Guns Design visually-hidden (Reichsarbeitsdienst Badehose)

(Reichsarbeitsdienst Badehose)

light corrosion on reverse but overall very fine condition

constructed of cardstock with a lightly textured blue faux leather (leatherette) exterior

illustrating crossed cannons backed by a target and surmounted by the Austrian crown

missing integral suspension ring from laurel wreath (sewn directly to ribbon)

Canada, CEF. An Eaton Motor Machine Gun Battery Cap Badge, Maple Leaf Crossed Guns Design visually-hidden (Reichsarbeitsdienst Badehose)Three piece construction, in browning brass, maker marked "J. R. GAUNT LONDON" on the reverse, royal crown and crossed guns affixed to a veined maple leaf base with a ribbon banner inscribed "CANADA", measuring 48. 5 mm (w) x 49. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, four dabs of solder securing the pins of the guns in place on the reverse, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Eaton Machine Gun Battery was mobilized on January 1, 1915, under