Canada. A First War 224Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Hold 1st Marine Division on July

1st Marine Division on July 1

at Camp Hughes

EF overall

the obverse centre presents the right-facing portrait of King Karl (Charles)

June-August 1879 and was awarded the medal for long service and good conduct

Canada. A First War 224Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Hold 1st Marine Division on JulyIn 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