A 50 Year Veteran's Membership Badge Auction Archive Afterwards I was told by

Afterwards I was told by the man nearest to the place that half a minute before I had been standing on the exact spot where the shell struck

Ontario with the 169th Battalion

surface rust evident on the FAC

engraver marked and dated " '93" on the reverse

obverse engraved with The Ninth Horse insignia in the centre above the inscription "PRESENTED TO H

A 50 Year Veteran's Membership Badge Auction Archive Afterwards I was told by"Kuffhauserbund Abzeichen". Two piece construction, gilt and silvered bronze with red and black enamels, marked "GES. GESCH." (Gesetzlich Geschtzt) and numbered "4" on the reverse, 21. 3 mm x 27. 8 mm, vertical pinback, intact enamels, scattered silvering wear, near extremely fine.