Canada, CEF. A WWI 12th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction Archive Montenegro issued Orders in gold

Montenegro issued Orders in gold on very few occasions

fire gilded with fine details

designer's name "OTTO PLACEK" on the reverse

30 mm x 40

Canada, CEF. A WWI 12th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Auction Archive Montenegro issued Orders in goldWWI 12th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF Browning copper, maker marked "TIPTAFT" on the reverse, 43. 7 mm x 44. 5 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Quebec, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island 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 H. F. McLeod with a strength of 45