WWI 205th Infantry Battalion Officer's Cap Badge CEF

WWI 205th Infantry Battalion Officer's Cap Badge CEF - Two-piece construction, pickled copper with an overlaying silver insignia, unmarked, 42.5 mm x 44 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Hamilton, Ontario under the authority of G.O. 69, July 15, 1916. On December 20, 1916, the Battalion was re-designated a Draft Depot for the Canadian Machine Gun Corps, Military District 2, Central Ontario. On October 10, 1917, the unit sailed for England under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel R.R. Moodie.