Canada, CEF. A 157th Infantry Battalion "Simcoe Foresters" Cap Badge, Type I with Round Shield GTRexclude featuring a facsimile signature of

featuring a facsimile signature of Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler and an obscured handwritten signature of an unknown SS Officer

consisting of a disc with three openings

chipping evident in the enamels on the centrepiece insignia

This badge was manufactured without pinback set-up

Naming on the BS as been spelled incorrectly the "A" an "I" transposed

Canada, CEF. A 157th Infantry Battalion "Simcoe Foresters" Cap Badge, Type I with Round Shield GTRexclude featuring a facsimile signature ofIn 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