A First War 224Th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge GTRexclude 1st London

1st London

Ontario in 1984

generally in very fine to extremely fine condition

each panel with one hole at the tip for placement of the drawstring which has been lost to time

thirteen days shy of his 24th birthday

A First War 224Th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge GTRexclude 1st LondonPickled copper, voided, unmarked, 46 mm x 47. 8 mm, both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Eastern Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Ottawa, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed May 19, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel A. McDougall with a strength of 47 officers and 1,526 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the