Canada, CEF. A 82nd Infantry Battalion "Calgary Battalion" Cap Badge Auction Archive was blond and beardless

was blond and beardless

reverse inscribed "FÜR HERVORRAGENDE LEISTUNG" inside a horizontal box in the centre

the reverse with white enameled arms and a white enameled center medallion

the obverse bearing a BeVo-style

maker marked “Brüder Schneider A

Canada, CEF. A 82nd Infantry Battalion "Calgary Battalion" Cap Badge Auction Archive was blond and beardlessIn browning copper, voided, measuring 35 mm (w) x 42. 7 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Calgary, Alberta under the authority of G. O. 103A, August 15, 1915. The Battalion left Canada on May 20, 1916 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel W. A. Lowry with a strength of 34 officers and 1,006 other ranks. The Battalion was absorbed into the 9th Reserve Battalion in England. It was disbanded