A First War 117Th Infantry Battalion "Eastern Township Battalion" Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity 5 mm x 28 mm

5 mm x 28 mm

Private Cook remained in the Middle Eastern theatre for eight months

a young Canadian artillery officer

Paratroop Badge - cloth version

1957 version

A First War 117Th Infantry Battalion "Eastern Township Battalion" Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity 5 mm x 28 mmCanada: Pickled brass, voided, unmarked, 39. 7 mm x 54. 3 mm, both lugs intact with the loop on one pinched, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Eastern Quebec, with mobilization headquarters at Sherbrooke under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed August 14, 1916 under the command of Lieutnant Colonel L. J. Gilbert with a strength of 36 officers and 943 other ranks. In England, the