WW1 CEF 52nd Battalion (New Ontario) Regiment collar converted to a Chromed sweetheart.

Collar badge of the WW1 CEF 52nd Battalion (New Ontario) Regiment converted to a sweetheart.

Unit history: The 52nd Battalion (New Ontario), CEF was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War, authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarking for Britain on 23 November 1915. It landed in France on 21 February 1916 and served with the 9th Canadian Brigade, 3rd Canadian Division in France and Flanders for the rest of the war, before being disbanded on 30 August 1920. It recruited around Port Arthur, Kenora, Fort Frances and Dryden, Ontario, and mobilized at Port Arthur — hence “New Ontario” (Northern Ontario)