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

itself adjusted with dual blackened magnetic metal buckles

both marked "The Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs

with four holes for adhering the sign

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