Canada. An Unofficial 198Th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Buffs" Cap Badge,C.1917

Canada; Brass gilt, unmarked but known to have been manufactured by P.W. Ellis and J.R. Gaunt, 43.8 mm (w) x 53.5 mm (h), intact lugs and pin, extremely fine.

Footnote: The 198th Infantry Battalion was raised and mobilized in Toronto, Ontario under the authority of G.O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed March 28, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel J.A. Cooper with a strength of 31 officers and 841 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the 3rd Reserve Battalion. It was disbanded on September 15, 1920. The badge presented here was never authorized. Permission could not be obtained for the use of the dragon from the British Royal East Kent Regiment. If it had been approved, it was proposed that officers and men would wear the same badges.