Canada, Cef. A 82Nd Infantry Battalion "Calgary Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1915 Auction Archive missing its reverse centrepiece)

missing its reverse centrepiece)

Helmet measures 285 mm x 302 mm x 110 mm

Bottom: inscription “KG 3 (Blitz­Geschw

(C:36)   Footnote: George Seabrook Thomas Pragnell was born on November 22

1943 and War Substantive Major & Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel (Quartermaster)

Canada, Cef. A 82Nd Infantry Battalion "Calgary Battalion" Cap Badge, C.1915 Auction Archive missing its reverse centrepiece)In pickled copper, voided, measuring 35. 2 mm (w) x 42 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 on