Canada, CEF. A 208th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Irish" Cap Badge Republic of with motto Pro Patria (For

with motto Pro Patria (For Fatherland) along the arms

The Regiment’s first assignment was the defence of the two strategic airfields of Botwood and Gander

An excellent example of top quality and in the top

the handles extending to a width of 155 mm

civil strife was a greater danger"

Canada, CEF. A 208th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Irish" Cap Badge Republic of with motto Pro Patria (ForIn browning copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 44 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 and