Canada, CEF. A 112th Infantry Battalion "Nova Scotia Overseas Battalion" Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Pauser joined the SS Totenkopf

Pauser joined the SS Totenkopf Sturmbann of concentration camp Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg (north of Berlin) for political prisoners

and is additionally stamped with a Reichsmarine distribution mark

demonstrating a factory-original shape with a pointed tip and dull blade

he was in for a shock

measuring 209x165mm

Canada, CEF. A 112th Infantry Battalion "Nova Scotia Overseas Battalion" Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Pauser joined the SS TotenkopfIn browning copper, unmarked, pickled brass, measuring 40. 7 mm (w) x 44. 8 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Nova Scotia with mobilization headquarters at Windsor, Nova Scotia under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed July 24, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel H. B. Tremaine with a strength of 36 officers and 1,090 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was