Canada. A No. 1 Construction Battalion Cap Badge, C.1915 GTRexclude Howard Hampden Burnham was born

Howard Hampden Burnham was born in Toronto

An Imperial Hessen Officer's Belt Buckle - In pressed silvered bronze

Nicely-detailed two-sided eagle crossguard

measuring 44 mm x 71 mm

Canada. A No. 1 Construction Battalion Cap Badge, C.1915 GTRexclude Howard Hampden Burnham was bornIn blackened brass, maker marked "ELLIS BROS" on the reverse, measuring 36 mm (w) x 42 mm (h), both lugs intact, surface wear, spotting, better than very fine. Footnote: In the winter of 1915, the Imperial War Office requested that the Canadian Government send two railway construction companies to France. The Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps was organized on May 15, 1915 and comprised about 500 men from the construction forces of the