97th Infantry Battalion "Toronto Americans" Cap Badge with "American Legion" Ribbon Banner (in browning copper, maker marked "GEO. H. LEES & Co 1915" on the reverse, measuring 46.5 mm (w) x 44.5 mm (h), both lugs bent back but intact); 124th Infantry Battalion "Governor General's Body Guard" Cap Badge (in blackened brass, maker marked "ELLIS BROS TORONTO" on the reverse, measuring 46.3 mm (w) x 46.5 mm (h), missing both lugs); and 159th Infantry Battalion "1st Algonquin" Cap Badge (in pickled copper, maker marked "ELLIS BROS" on the reverse, measuring 42 mm (w) x 50.5 mm (h), both lugs intact, point on the maple leaf at the lower right bent forward). Very fine.
Footnote: The 97th Infantry Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G.O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed September 19, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel A.B. Clark with a strength of 31 officers and 798 other ranks. The Battalion was one of four raised from American volunteers. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the R.C.R. and P.P.C.L.I. Depot Units. It was disbanded on September 15, 1920. The 124th Infantry Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G.O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed August 9, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel W.C.V. Chadwick with a strength of 32 officers and 1,004 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was re-designated the 124th Pioneer Battalion. It was disbanded on September 15, 1920. The 159th Infantry Battalion "1st Algonquin" was raised in the Nipissing and Sudbury areas of Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Haileybury under the authority of G.O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed November 1, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel E.F. Armstrong with a strength of 32 officers and 972 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 8th Reserve Battalion.