Canada, CEF. A 1st Infantry Battalion "Ontario Regiment" Cap Badge, by Hicks & Sons visually-hidden silver bullion on blue wool)

silver bullion on blue wool)

1940 and signed in blue ink by Lieutenant General and Commander of the 218th Infantry Division

Richard Henry Griffiths was born in Derbyshire in February 1873

" By his own recollection

Chadwick with a strength of 32 officers and 1

Canada, CEF. A 1st Infantry Battalion "Ontario Regiment" Cap Badge, by Hicks & Sons visually-hidden silver bullion on blue wool)Two piece construction, white metal insignia, mounted to a browning copper maple leaf base, maker marked "HICKS & SONS LONDON" on the reverse, measuring 44. 40 mm (w) x 43. 73 mm (h), both lugs intact, spotting evident on the obverse, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Southwestern Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier under the authority of P. C. O. 2067, August 6, 1914. The Battalion sailed October 3, 1914