Canada, CEF. A 238th Infantry Battalion “Canadian Forestry Battalion” Cap Badge Newly Listed with the aid of a

with the aid of a squadron of the 20th Hussars he routed the Dervishes and Wad-el-Nejumi was killed whilst trying to rally his men

consisting of a skull with crossbones at the base

engraver marked "BOMISA" on the reverse

Instituted September 20th

England and found work as a warehouseman in Canada prior to the First World War

Canada, CEF. A 238th Infantry Battalion “Canadian Forestry Battalion” Cap Badge Newly Listed with the aid of aIn pickled brass, voided, unmarked, measuring 42 mm (w) x 45. 4 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Ontario and Quebec with mobilization headquarters at Valcartier under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed September 11, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. R. Smith with a strength of 44 officers and 1,088 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the