Canada, CEF. A 209th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, c.1916

In pickled copper, voided, measuring 41.5 mm (w) x 51.3 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine.

Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Swift Current, Saskatchewan under the authority of G.O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed November 3, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel W.O. Smyth with a strength of 29 officers and 915 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 9th Reserve Battalion. It was disbanded on September 15, 1920.