Canada, Cef. A 217Th Infantry Battalion "Qu'appelle Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1916 Auction Archive Constructed of silver machine-embroidered thread

Constructed of silver machine-embroidered thread on a black wool background

with a case of "Scabies" (not an infection

Major Nicholas Hugh Lawrence Watts

along with two replacement black metal buttons on the right side facing reinforced button holes on the left side

the obverse with a central German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Canada, Cef. A 217Th Infantry Battalion "Qu'appelle Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1916 Auction Archive Constructed of silver machine-embroidered threadIn pickled copper, voided, measuring 37. 5 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Saskatchewan with mobilization headquarters at Moosomin under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia on June 2, 1917 under the authority of Lieutenant Colonel A. B. Gillis with a strength of 24 officers and 634 other ranks, arriving in Liverpool, England on June