hand filed star with a silver gilt 8 pointed star burst
each measuring 40 mm (w) x 74 mm (h)
oval shaped oak leaf wreath in copperwash feinzink
without wear on the inside of the cap
overlaid by central double-sided white cotton diamonds bearing dyed black mobile swastikas
Canada, CEF. A 217th Infantry Battalion "Qu'Appelle Battalion" Cap Badge Republic of hand filed star with aIn pickled copper, voided, unmarked, measuring 37 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Saskatchewan with mobilization headquarters at Moosomin under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia on June 2, 1917 under the authority of Lieutenant Colonel A. B. Gillis with a strength of 24 officers and 634 other ranks, arriving in Liverpool, England