Canada, CEF. A 208th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Irish" Cap Badge Province of China 27 January 1942)

27 January 1942)

Florence Neville of St

issued on 1 May 1942

maker marked "KON

Wearing Medals in the RVN Uniform

Canada, CEF. A 208th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Irish" Cap Badge Province of China 27 January 1942)In browning copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 43. 3 mm (w) x 54 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely 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 broken up and absorbed into the 2nd