Wwi 24Th Infantry Battalion "Victoria Rifles" Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity numbered "236349" with Monteny Dvor

numbered "236349" with Monteny Dvor mint mark on the reverse

Crooks served in the Portuguese and Spanish campaigns under Sir John Moore from August 1808 to January 1809

Mounted to a trapezoid-shaped metal-framed suspension with swing bar pinback

By the end of the War he attained the rank of Major

During those years he used his off duty time to visit his wife in Vienna and his mother in Belgrade on multiple occasions

Wwi 24Th Infantry Battalion "Victoria Rifles" Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity numbered "236349" with Monteny DvorWWI 24th Infantry Battalion "Victoria Rifles" Cap Badge Blackened copper, unmarked, 35. 5 mm x 38. 6 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Montreal, Quebec under the authority of G. O. 36, March 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed September 15, 1915 with a strength of 42 officers and 1,082 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. A. Gunn. The Battalion served in France and Belgium with the 5th