Canada, Cef. A 242Nd Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity In September 1939

In September 1939

then struck off strength for return to Canada on April 11

was kidnapped from their New Jersey home

the reverse with a barrel hinge and narrow banjo-style pinback meeting a flat wire catch

In a letter from Colonel W

Canada, Cef. A 242Nd Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity In September 1939In pickled copper, voided, measuring 31. 5 mm (w) x 49. 7 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Quebec with mobilization headquarters at Montreal under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed November 23, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. B. White with a strength of 44 officers and 1,006 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the Canadian Forestry Corps.