Canada, CEF. A 33rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, Type II with "33" within a circle GTRexclude a Workers’ Samaritan Foundation membership

a Workers’ Samaritan Foundation membership badge

The chinstrap rests upon a protruding pressed black leather visor

Pinned into the centre of the cap band is an insignia in the form of an aluminum oak leaf wreath around a tri-coloured cockade

a metal integral ring sits at 12 o’clock with an attached ring

hallmarked just above reverse upper arm

Canada, CEF. A 33rd Infantry Battalion Cap Badge, Type II with "33" within a circle GTRexclude a Workers’ Samaritan Foundation membershipIn browning copper, unmarked, measuring 35 mm (w) x 37. 8 mm (h), both lugs intact, contact marked, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in London, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915. The Battalion sailed March 17, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel A. Wilson with a strength of 40 officers and 946 other ranks. The Battalion was absorbed into the 36th Infantry Battalion in England. It was