Canada, CEF. A 157th Infantry Battalion "Simcoe Foresters" Cap Badge, c.1915

Type I with "Simcoe Foresters". In browning copper, measuring 32.8 mm (w) x 49.8 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine.

Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Simcoe County, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Barrie, under the authority of G.O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed October 18, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel D.H. MacLaren with a strength of 32 officers and 967 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was broken up and absorbed into the 19th, 116th and 125th Infantry Battalions and the 8th Reserve Battalion. It was disbanded September 15, 1920.