A First War 217Th Infantry Battalion "Qu'appelle Battalion" Cap Badge Auction Munzamt Abtl

Munzamt Abtl

which at the time ran a military hospital in Orechoff (Ukraine)

and is commemorated on page 97 of the First World War Book of Remembrance

in larger badge in gilded bronze with red

A First War 217Th Infantry Battalion "Qu'appelle Battalion" Cap Badge Auction Munzamt AbtlCanada: Pickled copper, unmarked but known to have been manufactured by R. J. Inglis Limited, 37 mm x 45 mm, both lugs intact, light contact and surface wear, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Saskatchewan with mobilization headquarters at Moosomin under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia on June 2, 1917 under the authority of Lieutenant Colonel A. B. Gillis with a strength