Canada, CEF. A 221st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Archive the reverse bearing an inscription

the reverse bearing an inscription of “MÜNCHENER DIENSTBOTEN- UND ARBEITERSTIFTUNG BEGRÜNDET A

worn on original ribbon with slot brooch and lock catch

Footnote: The outbreak of America's involvement in the First World War caused a sharp increase in the demand for army officers

1942 to November 4

spending a week in hospital

Canada, CEF. A 221st Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Archive the reverse bearing an inscriptionIn pickled copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 41 mm (w) x 45. 8 mm (h), both lugs are broken off and are lost to time, light contact and surface wear, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Manitoba with mobilization headquarters at Winnipeg under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed April 18, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel M. McMeans with a strength of 23 officers and 596 other ranks. In