Canada, CEF. A 79th Infantry Battalion "Manitoba Battalion" Cap Badge Newly Listed Fischer was deployed to the

Fischer was deployed to the 5th SS Division “Wiking” where he served as a platoon commander in the 3rd Battery of the 5th SS Panzerjäger Battalion

in various campaigns

reverse marked with blue and red ink

with the exterior retaining some of its original paint

constructed of gilded magnetic metal with insignia

Canada, CEF. A 79th Infantry Battalion "Manitoba Battalion" Cap Badge Newly Listed Fischer was deployed to theIn pickled copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 37. 5 mm (w) x 44. 5 mm (h), both lugs bent but intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The 79th Infantry Battalion was raised in Manitoba and mobilized at Brandon, Manitoba under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion sailed April 24, 1916 with a strength of 37 officers and 1,095 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant Colonel G. Clinglan. In England, the