Canada, CEF. A 208th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Irish" Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac consisting of a white enameled

consisting of a white enameled Shamrock Cross with green enameled fans in the quadrants between the arms of the cross

All suspended from a 90 mm-long non-magnetic metal bar with a horizontal pinback and dark grey wool reverse liner

An extremely rare and unique photo album belong to Oberleutnant Karl Abt

the reverse with a central white enameled medallion bearing a monogram of Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm IV

A party of RCAF officers and men from No

Canada, CEF. A 208th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Irish" Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac consisting of a white enameledIn browning copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 43. 3 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