Canada, Cef. A 242Nd Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge GTRexclude New York Division of Military

New York Division of Military and Naval Affairs

" Henderson later served in the home theatre during the Second World War and for that service

despite the extreme dangers of being hit by the fire not only from the enemy but by his own comrades

both clips with a silvered metal D-ring attached to a leather loop with a smooth finished black upper and are riveted in place

and careful indication would suggest that it may have been out once or twice long time ago

Canada, Cef. A 242Nd Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge GTRexclude New York Division of MilitaryIn 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.