Canada, Cef. A 157Th Infantry Battalion "Simcoe Foresters" Cap Badge, C.1915 GTRexclude replacing the original spread-winged eagle

replacing the original spread-winged eagle

1917 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel C

Aldershot recommended (16/11/12 = November 16

when he signed his third Attestation Paper as a Private (341143) with the 70th Infantry Battalion

with double retaining  pin on reverse

Canada, Cef. A 157Th Infantry Battalion "Simcoe Foresters" Cap Badge, C.1915 GTRexclude replacing the original spread-winged eagleType I with "Simcoe Foresters". In browning copper, measuring 32. 8 mm (w) x 49. 8 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Simcoe County, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Barrie, under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed October 18, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel D. H. MacLaren with a strength of 32 officers and 967 other ranks. In