Wwi 238Th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge Auction nearly completely destroyed at Stalingrad)

nearly completely destroyed at Stalingrad)

The thick black leather washer at the crossguard junction has two hairline cracks but remains intact

Waffenfabrik

65 mm x 109 mm

Wwi 238Th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge Auction nearly completely destroyed at Stalingrad)WWI 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