Canada. A First War 224Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Newly Listed and with light patina on

and with light patina on the cross

measuring 13 mm (w) x 12 mm (h)

There are two smooth-finished chocolate brown leather straps and two fixed sliders creating the chin strap

(Franz Joseph Orden Ritterkreuz

about very fine condition and extremely rare

Canada. A First War 224Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Newly Listed and with light patina onIn pickled copper, unmarked but known to have been manufactured by Hemsley, measuring 45. 7 mm (w) x 47. 5 mm (h), both lugs and pin intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The 224th Infantry Battalion was raised in Eastern Ontario on July 15, 1916, under the authority of G. O. 69, with its mobilization headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario. The battalion sailed for England on May 19, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel A. McDougall, with a strength of