Canada, Cef. A 180Th Infantry Battalion "Sportsmen Battalion" Cap Badge Auction with blue painted center

with blue painted center

H LEES & Co 1915" on their reverses

labeled “Collar tab for Ober Forstwart”

Benin (Dahomey)

(Issued 1943-1945)

Canada, Cef. A 180Th Infantry Battalion "Sportsmen Battalion" Cap Badge Auction with blue painted centerIn blackened copper, measuring 45. 5 mm (w) x 50. 5 mm (h), both lugs pinched but intact, greening and residue evident on the reverse, contact marks and surface wear, fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed November 15, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel R. H. Greer with a strength of 31 officers and 833 other ranks. In England, the