inscription reads “LANGENSALZA / 17
with a 10 mm wide black nylon border along the open end
A straight-armed cross paty in silver gilt and white enamel
He was commissioned into the Regular Army where he was qualified Airborne
(Westfalen Polizei Gürtelschnalle)
Canada, CEF. A 56th Infantry Battalion "Calgary Battalion" Cap Badge Hold inscription reads “LANGENSALZA / 17In 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