Canada, CEF. A 56th Infantry Battalion "Calgary Battalion" Cap Badge Buy Now (Hauptmann Kragenspiegel)

(Hauptmann Kragenspiegel)

two self-propelled artillery pieces

measuring 52 mm x 40 mm

with a raised edge decorated with an embossed floral pattern depicting a wreath around the outside

Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (in bronze

Canada, CEF. A 56th Infantry Battalion "Calgary Battalion" Cap Badge Buy Now (Hauptmann Kragenspiegel)In pickled copper, unmarked, measuring 35. 8 mm (w) x 38. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Calgary, Alberta under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915. The Battalion embarked Halifax, Nova Scotia on March 23, 1916 aboard the S. S. Baltic, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. C. G. Armstrong with a strength of 40 officers and 1,070 other ranks, arriving in