Five First War Canadian Collar Badges Auction Archive two hand-drawn maps and six

two hand-drawn maps and six ship photographs

Susan Elizabeth Nolan

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Five First War Canadian Collar Badges Auction Archive two hand-drawn maps and sixWWI 172nd Infantry Battalion Collar Badge Browning copper, maker marked "O. B. ALLAN." on the reverse, 34 mm x 39 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the Kamloops area of British Columbia, with mobilization headquarters at Kamloops under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed October 25, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. R. Vicars with a strength of 32 officers and 972 other