Canada, CEF. A 56th Infantry Battalion "Calgary Battalion" Cap Badge GTRexclude with details highlighted in dark

with details highlighted in dark green threading

artist signed "Fitzmaurice 017" to the right of the officer's shoes

Bellsworth of Haselmere

some fraying at bottom edges and small ink stain inside

featuring five decorations constructed of Gold and silver with multi-coloured enamels

Canada, CEF. A 56th Infantry Battalion "Calgary Battalion" Cap Badge GTRexclude with details highlighted in darkIn 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