A First War 4Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef GTRexclude "These members of the 218th

"These members of the 218th London Voluntary Aid Division were awarded gold medals for the courage they showed in working in the hospitals at a time when Lewisham and the adjoining districts suffered heavily from air raids

This mixing of crowns and crosses is well known practice of Austrian Order Chancellery and evident on many Austrian Orders

and dedication plaque at the bottom

the Italy Star and the War Medal 1939-45 and other research papers

) Naming is officially engraved

A First War 4Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef GTRexclude "These members of the 218thA First War 4th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF White metal, unmarked, 33 mm x 37 mm, horizontal pinback, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Central Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier, Quebec under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914. The Battalion sailed October 3, 1914 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel R. H. Labatt, with a strength of 42 officers and 1,084 other ranks.