Canada, CEF. A Cobourg Heavy Artillery Collar Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 1939 Reichstagung Kraft Durch Freude

1939 Reichstagung Kraft Durch Freude Hamburg (1939 KdF Conference in Hamburg)

He is listed on the British Census of 1881 as a young boy

Marked on the ring "K

1917 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel G

bearing a double-stamped inscription of “KDR

Canada, CEF. A Cobourg Heavy Artillery Collar Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 1939 Reichstagung Kraft Durch FreudeIn silvered brass, a rare CHB collar badge, measures 42 mm (w) x 33. 6 mm (h), reverse offers a horizontal pin, exhibiting wear to finish, remains very fine. Footnote: The Cobourg Heavy Battery, raised in Cobourg, Ontario, was a First World War unit of the Canadian Garrison Artillery that served overseas as part of the heavy artillery formations supporting the Canadian Corps. Equipped with large calibre guns designed for counter battery fire and long