Canada, Cef. A 242Nd Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge Auction WWI British War Medal to

WWI British War Medal to the Canadian Forestry Corps - (2498532 PTE

packages of Red Brand compressed absorbent cotton

with the bronze wash having worn off due to age and wear

original pin

Canada, Cef. A 242Nd Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge Auction WWI British War Medal toIn 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.