Canada, CEF. A 56th Infantry Battalion "Calgary Battalion" Cap Badge Archive (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Einheitsfeldmütze M43

(Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Einheitsfeldmütze M43 mit Tasche)

Class 1914 - Magnetic center

trained and equipped as hussars

The senior Weller's military career spanned four and a half decades

in the Hotel Quellenhof

Canada, CEF. A 56th Infantry Battalion "Calgary Battalion" Cap Badge Archive (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Einheitsfeldmütze M43In 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