Canada, CEF. A 118th Infantry Battalion "North Waterloo Overseas Battalion" Cap Badge, Type I with "North Waterloo" Province of China To avoid having to succumb

To avoid having to succumb to government pressure

1942 and signed in blue ink by General Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel (1882–1946)

wood-lined with two compartments

large scale construction involving excavation for the purpose of infrastructure

the cap badge secured by dual prongs on the underside and flanked by branches of linden leaves in yellow embroidery on either side

Canada, CEF. A 118th Infantry Battalion "North Waterloo Overseas Battalion" Cap Badge, Type I with "North Waterloo" Province of China To avoid having to succumbIn browning copper, unmarked, measuring 35. 7 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Northern Waterloo County, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Kitchener under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed January 26, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. M. O. Lochead with a strength of 15 officers and 231 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed