WWI 168th Infantry Battalion Collar Tab CEF

WWI 168th Infantry Battalion Collar Tab CEF - Pickled brass, unmarked, 24.6 mm x 26.5 mm, intact lugs and pin, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Oxford County, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Woodstock under the authority of G.O. 151, December 2, 1915. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia on November 1, 1916 aboard the S.S. Lapland, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel W.K. McMullen with a strength of 26 officers and 688 other ranks, arriving in Liverpool, England on the 11th. In England, the Battalion was broken up and absorbed into the 4th and 6th Reserve Battalions.