Canada, Cef. A 242Nd Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge GTRexclude during the Great Purge

during the Great Purge

and careful indication would suggest that it may have been out once or twice long time ago

Both microphones are marked "Mi 4b Ln

New York Division of Military and Naval Affairs

small enamel chipping/repair on reverse center

Canada, Cef. A 242Nd Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge GTRexclude during the Great PurgeIn 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.