A First War 224Th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge Auction marked SILVER and dated "1924"

marked SILVER and dated "1924" on rim

E-48 on October 17

and in 1944 the regiment was provided with a cuff title stating "Regiment List" - one of the only Army regimental units to be so honored during the entire war

who had drawn attention to his own similar experience

A First War 224Th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge Auction marked SILVER and dated "1924"Pickled 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