WWI 238th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge
WWI 238th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge - Pickled brass, voided, unmarked, 40.8 mm x 45.5 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine.Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Ontario and Quebec with mobilization headquarters at Valcartier under the authority of G.O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed September 11, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel W.R. Smith with a strength of 44 officers and 1,088 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the Canadian Forestry Corps. It was disbanded on September 15, 1920.

