Canada. A CEF 240th Infantry Battalion "Lanark And Renfrew Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1916 certificate_of_authenticity measuring 55 mm x 25

measuring 55 mm x 25 mm

Accompanied by its original LDO case of issue

in a Presentation Case (black patterned exterior

Award Document for Wound Badge Black Grade (15 May 1942)

magnificent example and outstanding leadership have been an inspiration to his regiment and have directly contributed throughout the mixed and heavy fighting of the 1944 Italian campaign to successive defeats of the enemy

Canada. A CEF 240th Infantry Battalion "Lanark And Renfrew Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1916 certificate_of_authenticity measuring 55 mm x 25Pickled copper, unmarked, 29. 5 mm (w) x 42. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Ontario, with mobilization headquarters at Renfrew, under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed May 3, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel E. J. Watt, with a strength of 14 officers and 375 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 6th Reserve Battalion.