Canada, CEF. A 233rd Infantry Battalion "Canadiens Français" Cap Badge, Type I with "D'Outre Mer du Nord Ouest" Province of China Lüdenscheid) and marked "MADE IN

Lüdenscheid) and marked "MADE IN GERMANY" on the reverse

with the two ends of the tally ribbon stitched to the reverse of the cap and hanging freely in a naval style

Instituted 1898

flanked on each side by raised and finely-detailed laurel branches

maker mark for “Carl Wild” of Hamburg on reverse

Canada, CEF. A 233rd Infantry Battalion "Canadiens Français" Cap Badge, Type I with "D'Outre Mer du Nord Ouest" Province of China Lüdenscheid) and marked "MADE INIn pickled copper, unmarked, measuring 41. 7 mm (w) x 45. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Alberta with mobilization headquarters at Edmonton under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion was under the command of Lieutenant Colonel E. Leprohon. The Battalion was absorbed by the 178th Infantry Battalion.