Canada, Cef. A 1St Infantry Battalion "Ontario Regiment" Cap Badge Auction Footnote: Thomas John Towers accepted

Footnote: Thomas John Towers accepted the position of veterinary surgeon in the 13th Light Dragoons on May 6

Army during the Indian Wars 1877-79

his 25 year old brother NCO Theodor Karl Steudel

and subsequently treated for Myalgia (muscle pain

General Lilienberg decorated Christoph von Pittel with the Order and formally greeted him with a brotherly kiss as the crowd looked on

Canada, Cef. A 1St Infantry Battalion "Ontario Regiment" Cap Badge Auction Footnote: Thomas John Towers acceptedTwo piece construction, white metal insignia, mounted to a browning copper maple leaf base, maker marked "HICKS & SONS LONDON" on the reverse, measuring 43. 5 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Southwestern Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914. The Battalion sailed October 3, 1914 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel F.