Canada. A Rare Second War Garrison Battalion Officer’s Cap Badge, 1942 Newly Listed orange and green enamels

orange and green enamels

a small patch of mothing is evident to the rank tab

semi-hollow

marked "Kanselarij der Nederlandse Orden 's-Gravenhage" (Chancellery of the Netherlands Orders The Hague) and exhibiting the impressions of the once present badge and breast star

Kaiserslautern” on the reverse

Canada. A Rare Second War Garrison Battalion Officer’s Cap Badge, 1942 Newly Listed orange and green enamelsThe badge presents a crowned bronze oval inscribed GARRISON BATTALION with the obverse center presenting a white metal overlay of three towers, the base presents a banner with the inscription STAND FAST, the reverse presents two lugs at 3 and 9 oclock, very minor wear, lovely patina, in near mint condition. Footnote: The Garrison Battalions were composed of individuals deemed unfit to serve overseas. The units were created on June 16, 1942.