An 1882 63Rd Halifax Rifles Shoulder Belt Plate Newly Listed within a ribbed ring bearing

within a ribbed ring bearing an inscription of “DEUTSCHE REICHSBAHN”

and attested to the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force (serving in Canada) as 2777360 on the 27th of September 1917

suffering a wound to his neck from artillery fragments

First photograph illustrating farmland with scattered buildings

An 1882 63Rd Halifax Rifles Shoulder Belt Plate Newly Listed within a ribbed ring bearingMeasuring 82. 5 mm x 101 mm, this blackened bronze, light wear, in very fine condition. Footnote: The Regiment was raised in May 1860 as the Halifax Volunteer Battalion and later became the Halifax Volunteer Battalion of Rifles on in May 1869. Later, in November 1869, they were redesignated the 63rd The Halifax Battalion of Rifles. It was redesignated the 63rd Halifax Battalion of Rifles in December 1869 and authorized as the 63rd Regiment (Halifax