Canada, CEF. A 56th Infantry Battalion "Calgary Battalion" Cap Badge GTRexclude some fraying at bottom edges

some fraying at bottom edges and small ink stain inside

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

he returned to Valcartier

with details highlighted in dark green threading

both with laurel design and measuring 39

Canada, CEF. A 56th Infantry Battalion "Calgary Battalion" Cap Badge GTRexclude some fraying at bottom edgesIn 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