WWI 97th Infantry Battalion "Toronto Americans" Cap Badge - Browning copper
the obverse with a circular rope
Grand Cross (gold and enamels
the obverse featuring a finely-detailed and hand-painted portrait of the last Kaiser with uniform details highlighted in gilt
with a single hook and eye closure placed between the third and fourth button positions
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class with Swords and Case, by Julius Bauer & Söhne visually-hidden WWI 97th Infantry Battalion "Toronto(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and flattened vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by Julius Bauer & Shne, Zella Mehlis, measuring 48. 61 mm (w) x 49. 33 mm (h), weighing 19. 5 grams,