A First War Cef 238Th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity The Devonshire Regiment

The Devonshire Regiment

45mm x 64mm

GVI Efficiency Decoration

" (Gesetzlich Geschützt) and numbered "25 694" on the reverse

A First War Cef 238Th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge certificate_of_authenticity The Devonshire RegimentCanada; Blackened brass, voided, unmarked, 40. 7 mm x 45. 2 mm, 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 Canadian