This from whizzbang: 12/08/09
Pre-WW1 (1908-1911 pattern): A lone tree above the coat of arms and no beaver. No 'Lord' in title (just 'Strathcona's Horse Royal Canadians'). A smaller badge than later patterns.
WW1/CEF: two patterns. The earlier one has the beaver coming up to the tree but not touching it (as shown in the CEF gallery). The later pattern has the beaver at the tree and this is the one shown in many reference books (e.g., Charlton, Babin, Cox and Victor Taboika's book). However, now that I look closely, the tree tends to be a bit more separated from the "Perseverance" scroll than in bc's example. However, the tree is still standing.
Post-WW1: I don't know as much about this period but the beaver appears to start bringing the tree down...it gets quite a tilt to it!
Jo
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