Canada, CEF. A 221st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Archive 1942 to November 4

1942 to November 4

Footnote: The outbreak of America's involvement in the First World War caused a sharp increase in the demand for army officers

spending a week in hospital

Germany (Prussia): Red Cross Medal 3rd Class (war materials

Canada, CEF. A 221st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Archive 1942 to November 4In pickled copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 41 mm (w) x 45. 8 mm (h), both lugs are broken off and are lost to time, light contact and surface wear, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Manitoba with mobilization headquarters at Winnipeg under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed April 18, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel M. McMeans with a strength of 23 officers and 596 other ranks. In