Canada, CEF. A Lot of Three First War Cap Badges Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic by Colonel Bernt Balchen

by Colonel Bernt Balchen

George riding a white horse slaying a green dragon with a blue enamelled surround inscribed AUSPICIUM MELIORIS ÆVI (Token of a Better Age)

a fascinating momento of the Red Baron obtained by a noted witness to his demise in extremely fine condition

one missing its core and the other its pinback

measuring 11 mm (w) x 16

Canada, CEF. A Lot of Three First War Cap Badges Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic by Colonel Bernt BalchenA 48th Infantry Battalion In pickled copper, unmarked, measuring 35. 3 mm (w) x 40. 7 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. A 4th Battalion Central Ontario Cap Badge In brass, both lugs intact, screwposts for superimposed Central 4 Ontario have been filed down and the centerpiece is slightly loose, measures 43. 9 mm (w) x 44. 6 mm (h), minor wear, near very fine. A 95th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge In blackened copper, measuring 46. 3 mm (w) x 46.