40 mm in width
chipping evident in the enamels on the centrepiece insignia
featuring a facsimile signature of Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler and an obscured handwritten signature of an unknown SS Officer
Naming on the BS as been spelled incorrectly the "A" an "I" transposed
black threading giving definition to the lion
Canada, CEF. A 157th Infantry Battalion "Simcoe Foresters" Cap Badge, Type I with Round Shield GTRexclude 40 mm in widthIn browning copper, unmarked, measuring 33 mm (w) x 50 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact and surface wear, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Simcoe County, Ontario with mobilization headquarters at Barrie, under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed October 18, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel D. H. MacLaren with a strength of 32 officers and 967 other ranks. In England, the