A First War 117Th Infantry Battalion "Eastern Township Battalion" Cap Badge Buy Now HOWELL / 50 METRES FREE

HOWELL / 50 METRES FREE STYLE / LE MANS / 31 MAY 1919" on the reverse

the other at the right

1st Lieutenant Hervey

reverse with an open-ended wreath of laurel leaves

American soldiers brought these home from Japan and often refer to them as "meatball" flags

A First War 117Th Infantry Battalion "Eastern Township Battalion" Cap Badge Buy Now HOWELL / 50 METRES FREECanada: Pickled brass, voided, unmarked, 39. 7 mm x 54. 3 mm, both lugs intact with the loop on one pinched, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Eastern Quebec, with mobilization headquarters at Sherbrooke under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed August 14, 1916 under the command of Lieutnant Colonel L. J. Gilbert with a strength of 36 officers and 943 other ranks. In England, the