A First War 217Th Infantry Battalion "Qu'appelle Battalion" Cap Badge Auction which at the time ran

which at the time ran a military hospital in Orechoff (Ukraine)

The chinscales are secured at the front center of the helmet with a small horizontal slit to the right side and an extended swivel tab to the left side

and is commemorated on page 97 of the First World War Book of Remembrance

He was hospitalized for ten days at Tent Hospital

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A First War 217Th Infantry Battalion "Qu'appelle Battalion" Cap Badge Auction which at the time ranCanada: Pickled copper, unmarked but known to have been manufactured by R. J. Inglis Limited, 37 mm x 45 mm, both lugs intact, light contact and surface wear, 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