A First War Cef 238Th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge Auction Frederick Marsden of Hamilton

Frederick Marsden of Hamilton

before returning to the United Kingdom on March 4

He finally rejoined his unit four days late on the 21st

and attached to the 7th Destroyer Flotilla based at Dover

and a Wehrmacht travel ticket (148x104mm

A First War Cef 238Th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge Auction Frederick Marsden of HamiltonCanada; Blackened brass, voided, unmarked, 40. 7 mm x 45. 2 mm, both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Ontario and Quebec with mobilization headquarters at Valcartier under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed September 11, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. R. Smith with a strength of 44 officers and 1,088 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the Canadian