inscription reads “LANGENSALZA / 17
1789 during the reign of Empress Catherine II
A straight-armed cross paty in silver gilt and white enamel
with a 10 mm wide black nylon border along the open end
Constructed of silver with black enamels
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