Canada, Cef. A 208Th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Irish" Cap Badge, C.1916 Auction Archive A large hollow sash badge

A large hollow sash badge in silver gilt

Apart from the damage to the depot

mounted to its original triangular military ribbon with hook and eye)

obverse depicting the Norroy Coat of Arms in red

Canada, Cef. A 208Th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Irish" Cap Badge, C.1916 Auction Archive A large hollow sash badgeIn browning copper, voided, measuring 43. 5 mm (w) x 53. 3 mm (h), both lugs intact but bent back, contact marks evident on the "208" designation, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed May 3, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel T. H. Lennox with a strength of 27 officers and 686 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was