Canada, CEF. A 224th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge, c.1916

In pickled brass, voided, measuring 45.5 mm (w) x 47.8 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine.

Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Eastern Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Ottawa, Ontario under the authority of G.O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed May 19, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel A. McDougall with a strength of 47 officers and 1,526 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the Canadian Forestry Corps. It was disbanded on September 15, 1920.