A First War 61St Infantry Canadian Battalion Sweetheart Badge GTRexclude deep red velvet raised key

deep red velvet raised key bed in the centre flanked by empty medal beds on either side

Order of the Medjidie London Gazette 4th Class 17 November 1882

worn yet with majority of silvering remaining

but textbook cross by maker Wächtler & Lange

attached to original IC ribbon

A First War 61St Infantry Canadian Battalion Sweetheart Badge GTRexclude deep red velvet raised key"Winnipeg Battalion" : Sterling silver with red, white and blue enamels, maker marked "SSR" and marked "STERLING SILVER" on the reverse, 28. 7 mm x 34 mm, horizontal pinback, chipping evident in the blue enamels, very fine. Footnote: The 61st Infantry Battalion was raised and mobilized in Winnipeg, Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed from Canada on April 5, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel F.