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1998.133.051
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1998.133
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Badge, Cap
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Cap Badge - The Calgary Highlanders
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Cap Badge - The Calgary Highlanders
Cap Badge - The Calgary Highlanders (King's Crown version)
Badge: A beaver couchant on a log environed by a wreath of maple leaves, in chief the Royal Crown proper flanked by two scrolls Argent each bearing a frieze of thistles proper, overall in base a like scroll above a scroll Gules inscribed CALGARY HIGHLANDERS in letters Argent, all surmounting a saltire Argent on a spray of thistles in base proper.
Symbolism: The maple leaves and beaver represent service to Canada, and the Crown, service to the Sovereign. The beaver upon a log within two sprays of maple leaves surmounted by the Crown was adapted from the badge of the 10th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1920. The thistles (the national flower of Scotland) and the saltire or cross of St. Andrew (the patron saint of Scotland) are common devices among badges of highland infantry regiments. "CALGARY HIGHLANDERS" is a form of the regimental title.
The Calgary Highlanders is a Canadian Army Primary Reserve infantry regiment from Calgary. The regiment is one of only two regiments in the Canadian Forces (with The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) to wear an Honorary Distinction on their uniform, commemorating the counterattack at Kitcheners' Wood. On 9 January 2015 the regiment was recognized with the Canadian Forces' Unit Commendation for outstanding contributions to the war in Afghanistan. The regiment contributed the most reservists to the war in Afghanistan.

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