the 5th Mounted Rifle Battalion served in France and Holland
enclosed in an open-ended leafed wreath
Accompanied by a bow-tied Ribbon Bar with buttonhole attachment
later Pierre
chipping evident in the enamels on the right arm
Canada, Cef. A 224Th Infantry Battalion "Canadian Forestry Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1916 Archive the 5th Mounted Rifle BattalionIn pickled brass, voided, measuring 45. 5 mm (w) x 47. 8 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Eastern Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Ottawa, Ontario under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed May 19, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel A. McDougall with a strength of 47 officers and 1,526 other ranks. In England, the Battalion was absorbed into the Canadian