Canada, Cef. A 242Nd Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge Newly Listed two years before publication of

two years before publication of Darwin's Origin

the third badge is inscribed "ČSR" (Československá Socialistická Republika = Czechoslovak Socialist Republic)

never mailed

7 mm x 102

G” on reverse

Canada, Cef. A 242Nd Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge Newly Listed two years before publication ofIn pickled copper, voided, measuring 31. 5 mm (w) x 49. 7 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Quebec with mobilization headquarters at Montreal under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed November 23, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. B. White with a strength of 44 officers and 1,006 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the Canadian Forestry Corps.