Canada, CEF. A 118th Infantry Battalion "North Waterloo Overseas Battalion" Cap Badge, Type I with "North Waterloo" Province of China wood-lined with two compartments

wood-lined with two compartments

the cap badge secured by dual prongs on the underside and flanked by branches of linden leaves in yellow embroidery on either side

8 (Pathfinder) Group with which it served until the end of the war

Landwehr II status was given to older and physically less fit men

5 mm (w) x 155 mm (h) x 40 mm (d)

Canada, CEF. A 118th Infantry Battalion "North Waterloo Overseas Battalion" Cap Badge, Type I with "North Waterloo" Province of China wood-lined with two compartmentsIn browning copper, unmarked, measuring 35. 7 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Northern Waterloo County, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Kitchener under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed January 26, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. M. O. Lochead with a strength of 15 officers and 231 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed