Canada, CEF. A 82nd Infantry Battalion "Calgary Battalion" Cap Badge Auction Archive reverse inscribed "FÜR HERVORRAGENDE LEISTUNG"

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

with two metal buckles for length adjustment

maker marked “Brüder Schneider A

in addition to the aforementioned actions at Hill 70

with short length (aprox

Canada, CEF. A 82nd Infantry Battalion "Calgary Battalion" Cap Badge Auction Archive reverse inscribed "FÜR HERVORRAGENDE LEISTUNG"In 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