A First War 218Th Infantry Battalion Collar Badge Pair GTRexclude Mabel Brooke

Mabel Brooke

18mm x 31mm

Reid / 55 Stephenson Ave / Toronto Ont

(Rudolf Karneth & Söhne)

maker marked "1" (Deschler) on the vertical pinback

A First War 218Th Infantry Battalion Collar Badge Pair GTRexclude Mabel BrookeEdmonton Irish: Pickled brass, unmarked, 25. 5 mm x 28. 8 mm each, intact lugs and pins, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Edmonton, Alberta with mobilization headquarters at Victoria under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed February 17, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. K. Cornwall with a strength of 32 officers and 883 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was