Canada, Cef. A 224Th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1916 Archive Footnote: These medals are presented

Footnote: These medals are presented by the Imperial Sea Disaster Rescue Society and are entirely unofficial but are frequently mistaken for national awards

no major dents

inscribed "SOUTH AFRICA 1900" to the right

taken on strength as a reinforcement at the Canadian Machine Gun Pool at Camiers on the 10th

75 mm x 93 mm

Canada, Cef. A 224Th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1916 Archive Footnote: These medals are presentedIn pickled brass, voided, measuring 45. 5 mm (w) x 47. 8 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Eastern Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Ottawa, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed May 19, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel A. McDougall with a strength of 47 officers and 1,526 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the Canadian