Canada. A Named 256Th Battalion Trench Art Service Dress Cap Hold A Fine Austrian Miniature Group

A Fine Austrian Miniature Group by Mayer and Sohne - Mounted on an official Franz Joseph Order Chain

1941: Cross First Class

It is that of the shortened type

maker marked "BREADNER Co OTTAWA" on the reverse

with minor residue on reverse

Canada. A Named 256Th Battalion Trench Art Service Dress Cap Hold A Fine Austrian Miniature GroupCanada; Fabricated from a brass shell casing and fashioned to look like a CEF service dress cap, complete with a protruding piece bent back to create the visor, the front engraved with the 256th Infantry Battalion insignia, flanked by "1099157 CORPl" above "FRANCE" on the left and "W. STANLEY" above "BELGIUM" on the right, with the date "1917" below the insignia, two sets of production markings on the bottom, the top line is mostly obscured, while the