Description
gold finish nearly completely gone with only traces present
Helen Robertson
worn but near very fine condition
rare award
14cm (or aprox
A First War 224Th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge Auction Archive gold finish nearly completely gonePickled 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