United Kingdom. A Rare 5th Regiment of Foot, North American Made Insignia certificate_of_authenticity Paul Gerspach

Paul Gerspach

pinned with a gilded zink rank pip

flanked by red and white embroidered flags of the Hamburg-South America Line (Hamburg SüdamerikanischeDampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft) on either side

maker marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and an illegible maker’s code

5 Stationary Hospital

United Kingdom. A Rare 5th Regiment of Foot, North American Made Insignia certificate_of_authenticity Paul GerspachInstituted in 1911. Obverse shows gilded initials of King George V, 52. 5 mm (h) x 63 mm (w), screws missing on reverse, very fine condition. Footnote: From Fort Erie, Can. Having served in Pictons famous division in the Peninsular War, the 5th was with the army in the south of France. It arrived at Quebec from Bordeaux, in July, 1814, a part of some 16,000 of Wellingtons veterans sent to America. It was at the battle of Plattsburg, Sept 11, 1814, and