Five First War Canadian Collar Badges Hold the interior of the collar

the interior of the collar bears a single magnetic metal hook meeting a metal loop on the opposite side

which bears six integrated flaps

with a 12 mm wide black ribbed nylon border along the open end

and marked inside "Johnson

surrounded by a green enameled laurel and oak wreath

Five First War Canadian Collar Badges Hold the interior of the collarWWI 172nd Infantry Battalion Collar Badge Browning copper, maker marked "O. B. ALLAN." on the reverse, 34 mm x 39 mm, intact lugs, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in the Kamloops area of British Columbia, with mobilization headquarters at Kamloops under the authority of G. O. 69, July 15, 1916. The Battalion sailed October 25, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. R. Vicars with a strength of 32 officers and 972 other