Canada, Cef. A 30Th Infantry Battalion "British Columbia Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1915 Auction Footnote: The Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife

Footnote: The Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife is a double-edged fighting knife resembling a dagger or poignard with a foil grip developed by William Ewart Fairbairn and Eric Anthony Sykes in Shanghai based on concepts which the two men initiated before World War II while serving on the Shanghai Municipal Police in China

measuring 33 mm in diameter

At that time the ATC was operating 622 aircraft

An extremely well-preserved pair of Heer (Army) General’s collar tabs

Canada, Cef. A 30Th Infantry Battalion "British Columbia Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1915 Auction Footnote: The Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting KnifeIn browning brass, voided, measuring 35. 5 mm (w) x 40. 8 mm (h), both lugs intact, lacquered on the obverse, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in British Columbia with mobilization headquarters at Victoria under the authority of G. O. 36, March 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed February 23, 1915 with a strength of 35 officers and 980 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. A. Hall. In England, the 30th Infantry Battalion