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

They also manhandled heavy cases of ammunition

two of them posthumously: Brian Batchelor and Malcolm Storey

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

The man saluting him is Major General Meinrad von Lauchert

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