Canada, CEF. A 141st Infantry Battalion "Border Battalion" Cap Badge Auction Footnote: The Royal Netherlands East

Footnote: The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL = "Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger") was the military force maintained by the Netherlands in its colony of the Netherlands East Indies (also known as the Dutch East Indies

measuring 110 mm (w) x 109 mm (l)

reverse illustrating a Christian cross with the inscription "BENEMERENTI" across it

including a Deutscher Volksgenossen Bund Westmark (Lothringen/Lorraine) badge

Canada, CEF. A 141st Infantry Battalion "Border Battalion" Cap Badge Auction Footnote: The Royal Netherlands EastIn pickled brass, voided, unmarked, measuring 41 mm (w) x 44. 2 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the Rainy River district of Ontario, with mobilization headquarters at Fort Frances under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed April 29, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel D. C. McKenzie with a strength of 17 officers and 466 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was