Wwi 9Th Mounted Rifle Battalion Shoulder Title Auction Archive 38 mm x 44 mm

38 mm x 44 mm

500 offered by Sir Charles Wakefield to the first gun crew to shoot down a Zeppelin on domestic soil

The bands have fine overlapping oakleaves and are still nice and crisp

In silver gilt

Wwi 9Th Mounted Rifle Battalion Shoulder Title Auction Archive 38 mm x 44 mmWWI 9th Mounted Rifle Battalion Shoulder Title Pickled copper, maker marked "R. J. INGLIS LIMITED" on the reverse, 21. 7 mm x 54. 2 mm, intact lugs, light surface residue from cleaning, near extremely fine. Footnote: The 9th Mounted Rifle Battalion was organized on March 15, 1915, in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan. It was broken up to provide reinforcements, and was finally disbanded on November 15, 1920.