Wwi 216Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Archive with clasp “Peitang-Forts”

with clasp “Peitang-Forts”

The path he was walking on was very slippery and snow had fallen for about an hour previously

Signature on Post War Photo: Gunther Viezenz

when reinforcements arrived

100 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel J

Wwi 216Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Cef Archive with clasp “Peitang-Forts”WWI 216th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF Browning copper, maker marked "ELLIS BROS TORONTO" on the reverse, 38. 5 mm x 47. 3 mm, intact lugs and pins, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed April 18, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel F. L. Burton with a strength of 30 officers and 783 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed