Canada, CEF. A 56th Infantry Battalion "Calgary Battalion" Cap Badge Archive fine zinc and red enamels

fine zinc and red enamels

the battalion would march back to their barracks

trained and equipped as hussars

in the Hotel Quellenhof

There were 7

Canada, CEF. A 56th Infantry Battalion "Calgary Battalion" Cap Badge Archive fine zinc and red enamelsIn 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