WW1 The 50th Canadian (Calgary) Regiment Expeditionary Force (CEF) Cap Badge Maker Marked G&S Co Ltd

An original bronze other ranks cap badge in brass of the 50th Canadian (Calgary) Infantry Battalion. With original lugs, bent and twisted with service wear but still functional. in very fine condition and measuring 36mm wide by 44mm tall. Tablet on the reverse to 'G&S Co / 112 Regent St, W.'

G&S Co was the Goldsmith & Silver Smiths Company Limited. The firm was established in 1880 by William Gibson (d. 1913) and John Lawrence Langman (1846-1928). The firm was active at 112 Regent Street, London acquiring the premises previously used by John Joseph Mechi.
In 1893 the firm absorbed The Goldsmiths' Alliance Ltd (late A.B. Savory & Sons) and in 1898 became the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd being active as jewellers, dealers in diamonds and precious stones, silversmiths, electroplaters and watch and clock makers. In 1952 Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd was amalgamated with Garrard & Co Ltd.

The 50th Battalion (Calgary), CEF, was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War. The 50th Battalion was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Britain on 27 October 1915. The battalion disembarked in France on 11 August 1916, where it fought as part of the 10th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 4th Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion was disbanded on 30 August 1920. The 50th Battalion recruited in and was mobilized at Calgary, Alberta.

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