Canada. A First War 224Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Archive two with pinbacks

two with pinbacks

then admitted to 1st London General Hospital at Camberwell (South London)

Edward VII (Awarded Only 97 times to Canadians)

Wounded 105

Canada. A First War 224Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Archive two with pinbacksIn pickled copper, unmarked but known to have been manufactured by Hemsley, measuring 45. 7 mm (w) x 47. 5 mm (h), both lugs and pin intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The 224th Infantry Battalion was raised in Eastern Ontario on July 15, 1916, under the authority of G. O. 69, with its mobilization headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario. The battalion sailed for England on May 19, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel A. McDougall, with a strength of