Canada, Cef. A 204Th Infantry Battalion "Toronto Beavers" Cap Badge, C.1916 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac George VI GVIR (F

George VI GVIR (F

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Canada, Cef. A 204Th Infantry Battalion "Toronto Beavers" Cap Badge, C.1916 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac George VI GVIR (FIn browning copper, measuring 46 mm (w) x 46. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under that authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed March 28, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Price with a strength of 27 officers and 789 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 2nd Reserve Battalion. It was