Canada, CEF. A 50th Infantry Battalion "Calgary Regiment" Cap Badge, Type I with Maple Leaf Archive reverse stamped “SUPERIOR QUALITY”

reverse stamped “SUPERIOR QUALITY”

with cotter pin)

A Scarce German Eagle Order

measuring 43 mm (w) x 20

with two fields presenting a red lion and white griffon

Canada, CEF. A 50th Infantry Battalion "Calgary Regiment" Cap Badge, Type I with Maple Leaf Archive reverse stamped “SUPERIOR QUALITY”In browning copper, unmarked, measuring 36. 5 mm (w) x 38. 5 mm (h), both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised and mobilized in Calgary, Alberta under the authority of G. O. 86, July 1, 1915. The Battalion left Canada on October 27, 1915 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel E. G. Mason with a strength of 41 officers and 1,036 other ranks. The Battalion served in France and Belgium with the 10th Infantry Brigade, 4th