WWI 1st Infantry Battalion Collar Tab CEF -

WWI 1st Infantry Battalion Collar Tab CEF - Description: Two-piece construction, browning copper with an overlaying silvered insignia, unmarked, 28.5 mm x 29.7 mm, intact lugs and pin, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Southwestern Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier under the authority of P.C.O. 2067, August 6, 1914. The Battalion sailed October 3, 1914 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel F.W. Hill with a strength of 47 officers and 1,106 other ranks. The Battalion served in France with the 1st Infantry Brigade, 1st Canadian Division. It was disbanded on September 15, 1920.