measuring 57 mm (w) x 101 mm (l)
ribbon with a sewn-on horizontal pinback
The dagger finishes with a silvered zink pommel surrounded by raised oak leaves
the reverse bearing a handwritten German-language inscription from a sender in the Sudetenland and addressed to a recipient in the United States
the reverse bearing a lengthy handwritten dedication dated 14 September 1915
Canada, CEF. A 169th Infantry Battalion "109th Regiment" Cap Badge, Type I with Maple Leaf on a Voided Circle consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 57 mm (w) xIn browning copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 38. 5 mm in diameter, both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed October 26, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. G. Wright with a strength of 32 officers and 887 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 5th Reserve
