Commander's Neck Cross - in Gold and enamels (single small repair to enameling)
to commemorate those legionaries who fell during the Spanish Conflict
it was absorbed into the 6th Reserve Battalion
the first photo of the lot is that of the initial field grave of Sergeant John William Peter Melvin - who was killed April 7th 1917
Company logistics division
A First War 6Th Mounted Rifle Battalion Cap Badge Auction Commander's Neck Cross - inA First War 6th Mounted Rifle Battalion Cap Badge Pickled brass, unmarked, very crisp detail, 42. 5 mm x 44 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The 6th Mounted Rifle Battalion was organized on March 15, 1915, in Amherst, Nova Scotia. It was disbanded on November 15, 1920.