Canada. A CEF 240th Infantry Battalion "Lanark And Renfrew Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1916 certificate_of_authenticity magnificent example and outstanding leadership

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

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center appliqué and lettering in Gold

privately fixed suspension

the Atlantic Star and the War Medal 1939-1945

Canada. A CEF 240th Infantry Battalion "Lanark And Renfrew Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1916 certificate_of_authenticity magnificent example and outstanding leadershipPickled 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.