Canada, CEF. A 238th Infantry Battalion “Canadian Forestry Battalion” Cap Badge Province of China The Franz Joseph I and

The Franz Joseph I and Karl I silver issues represented high-level recognition for repeated acts of valour in combat

to resume his life as a student

recipients were required to be at least 40 years of age and to have given at least fifteen years’ service

Silver medal for bravery

a NSDAP membership badge

Canada, CEF. A 238th Infantry Battalion “Canadian Forestry Battalion” Cap Badge Province of China The Franz Joseph I andIn 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