Canada, CEF. A 238th Infantry Battalion “Canadian Forestry Battalion” Cap Badge Auction Archive (Verdienstkreuze)

(Verdienstkreuze)

after completing ten years of continuous qualifying service

could best be employed

196 mm x 247mm)

during the China Relief Expedition of 1900

Canada, CEF. A 238th Infantry Battalion “Canadian Forestry Battalion” Cap Badge Auction Archive (Verdienstkreuze)In pickled brass, voided, unmarked, measuring 42 mm (w) x 45. 4 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Ontario and Quebec with mobilization headquarters at Valcartier under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed September 11, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. R. Smith with a strength of 44 officers and 1,088 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the