Canada, CEF. A 208th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Irish" Cap Badge Republic of Another congratulatory letter for the

Another congratulatory letter for the same event (175x224mm

one maker marked with Präsidialkanzlei code “65” for Klein & Quenzer

The Regiment’s first assignment was the defence of the two strategic airfields of Botwood and Gander

with the bottom outer layer of the cross in silver/aluminum bullion threads and the rest in brownish/gray cotton threading

with moderate mothing visible on the reverse

Canada, CEF. A 208th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Irish" Cap Badge Republic of Another congratulatory letter for theIn browning copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 44 mm (w) x 54 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed May 3, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel T. H. Lennox with a strength of 27 officers and 686 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was broken up and absorbed into the 2nd and