Canada, Cef. A 208Th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Irish" Cap Badge, C.1916 United Republic of enlisted in the CEF (26th

enlisted in the CEF (26th Battalion) in Montreal on November 3rd 1914

(Wehrpässe)

he reported to No

twenty-eight with vertical pinbacks

on loop suspension from period original triangle ribbon with rosette

Canada, Cef. A 208Th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Irish" Cap Badge, C.1916 United Republic of enlisted in the CEF (26thIn 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