Wwi 238Th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge GTRexclude A First War German Medal

A First War German Medal Bar with Seven Awards -  Military Merit Order of St

in pocket of issue marked Preuische Staatsmnze

by Italian maker Cravanzola

two for the QSA and two for the KSA)

attached to the helmet via a u-shaped prong on the back of the cockade and slid behind the shako plate

Wwi 238Th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge GTRexclude A First War German MedalWWI 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