Wwi 5Th Mounted Rifle Battalion Cap Badge Cef Hold Saxe-Ernestine House Order - 1st

Saxe-Ernestine House Order - 1st Class in Gold - Knight's Cross First Class

Esk hit a mine and was lost along with 9 officers and 151 ratings

He was employed by various companies in the Sudbury area while attending McGill

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Wwi 5Th Mounted Rifle Battalion Cap Badge Cef Hold Saxe-Ernestine House Order - 1stWWI 5th Mounted Rifle Battalion Cap Badge CEF Pickled brass, unmarked, 40. 5 mm x 43 mm, intact repaired lugs, light contact and surface wear, better than very fine. Footnote: Organized in Sherbrooke, Quebec, on March 15, 1915, the 5th Mounted Rifle Battalion served in France and Holland. It was disbanded on November 15, 1920.