Canada, Cef. A 256Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Archive two Olympic rings badges/pins

two Olympic rings badges/pins

flanked by a date of “1944”

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featuring gilded metal car on black cotton

Canada, Cef. A 256Th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge Archive two Olympic rings badges/pinsIn browning copper, voided, maker marked "RODEN BROS TORONTO" on the reverse, measuring 40. 3 mm (w) x 46. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, contact marks, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Central Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Toronto under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed March 28, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. A. McConnell with a strength of 18 officers and 531 other