A First War 202Nd Infantry Battalion Sweetheart Badge Newly Listed with fine hand-webbed aluminum embroidery

with fine hand-webbed aluminum embroidery displaying two identical oak leaf stems on the bottom

silver plated

measuring 96 mm x 45 mm

inscribed in handwritten black ink "You may build your Ships" above the photo

A First War 202Nd Infantry Battalion Sweetheart Badge Newly Listed with fine hand-webbed aluminum embroideryBronze gilt with red, white and blue enamels, unmarked, 25. 5 mm x 26. 3 mm, horizontal pinback, chipping evident in the white enamels on "202", near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Edmonton, Alberta under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed November 24, 1916, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel P. E. Bowen, with a strength of 27 officers and 746 other ranks. In England, the Battalion