Wwi 238Th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge Auction Archive the Grand Cross of the

the Grand Cross of the German Eagle and the Order of the German Eagle 1st Class

1914 at Quebec City

maker label missing

for them to wear when they were shot down so that they would not be mistaken for downed Allied fliers and shot

diamond-shaped maker mark stamped in black ink in the centre of the dome inscribed "J

Wwi 238Th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge Auction Archive the Grand Cross of theWWI 238th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge Pickled brass, voided, unmarked, 40. 8 mm x 45. 5 mm, intact lugs, 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