Canada. A Rare 12Th Battalion Canadian Railway Troops Officer's Cap Badge Hold and General Service Medal

and General Service Medal

4 Clasps - 1915

causing the "caving in of the trench"

8 mm (w) x 21 mm (h) each

worn yet remains in extremely fine condition

Canada. A Rare 12Th Battalion Canadian Railway Troops Officer's Cap Badge Hold and General Service MedalIn sterling silver with red enamels, maker marked "JRG&S" (J. R. Gaunt & Son), marked with an anchor (made in Birmingham), the British lion and date marked "s" (1917) on the reverse, measuring 40 mm (w) x 55 mm (h), both lugs intact, chipping evident in the red enamels on the insignia, near extremely fine. Footnote: The 12th Battalion Canadian Railway Troops was formed in the spring of 1918 by the conversion and re designation of the 3rd Labour