Wwi 220Th Infantry Battalion Collar Badge GTRexclude Mounted on authentic ribbon

Mounted on authentic ribbon

Footnote: Were recovered from Canadian Veterans lot of CEF items

Sold with manuscript note concerning the return of insignia

who was residing in Bay Pines

with "Defective Vision" but was soon cleared to rejoin the 2nd Battalion the next day

Wwi 220Th Infantry Battalion Collar Badge GTRexclude Mounted on authentic ribbonWWI 220th Infantry Battalion Collar Badge Pickled brass, unmarked, 30. 3 mm x 37. 8 mm, horizontal pinback, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Toronto, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Toronto under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed April 29, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel B. H. Brown with a strength of 18 officers and 446 other ranks. In England, the Battalion