A First War Cef 20Th Infantry Battalion "1St Central Ontario Regiment" Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity inscribed "Dem Stützpunktleiter des Stützpunktes

inscribed "Dem Stützpunktleiter des Stützpunktes Bocholt Lokführer Heinrich Block fur treue Mitarbeit gewidmet

the highest award for valor of the country

and is commemorated on page 385 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance

1910 in Bessemer

the various venues with key numbers from 1 to 19

A First War Cef 20Th Infantry Battalion "1St Central Ontario Regiment" Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity inscribed "Dem Stützpunktleiter des StützpunktesCanada; Browning copper, maker mark obscured on the reverse, 46. 5 mm x 50. 5 mm, one lug is intact, the other is a replacement, light contact, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Central and Northern Ontario and mobilized in Toronto under the authority of G. O. 36, March 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed May 15, 1915 aboard the S. S. Megantic, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. A. W. Allen, with a strength of 35 officers