Two Gold First War Canadian Badges Auction bearing the motto "AUSPICIUM MELIORIS

bearing the motto "AUSPICIUM MELIORIS AEVI" (A token of a better age) in gold bullion wire

as he was sentenced to ten days field punishment for "drunkeness" when on active service

silvered wreath and patinated tank

dug out two of his comrades who had been buried

when she signed her Officers' Declaration Paper with the Canadian Army Medical Corps

Two Gold First War Canadian Badges Auction bearing the motto "AUSPICIUM MELIORISWWI 13th Infantry Battalion Gold Stickpin Gold, weighing 2. 2 grams, hallmarked and marked "10K" on the reverse of the insignia, marked "PATRE . ISD1909" with an engraved animal insignia on the stickpin receiver, 6. 2 mm x 11. 7 mm, on a 57. 6 mm stickpin with receiver, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Quebec and Nova Scotia with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier, Quebec under the authority of P. C.