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Forum: Corps, Branches and the Royal Canadian Artillery 18-09-23, 02:36 PM

Replies: 9 1940s Canadian Garrison Battalion Badges Views: 1,858 Posted By SRDJUG It's official, The Canadian Garrison... It's official, The Canadian Garrison Battalion Officer's badge sold this last week from a Calgary dealer, for over $10,000 Canadian. The value of our "military ephemera" collections keep...

Forum: Corps, Branches and the Royal Canadian Artillery 16-10-22, 09:36 PM

Replies: 9 1940s Canadian Garrison Battalion Badges Views: 1,858 Posted By SRDJUG Canadian Garrison Battalion Officer's Cap Badge Last one I saw, sold in Ontario three years ago for $8000 Canadian...now there's one at Arctic Medals for $10,000...WOO HOO!

Forum: Airborne and Special Forces 03-11-20, 04:24 AM

Replies: 27 Canadian Airborne Regiment Views: 4,414 Posted By SRDJUG First Cap Badge, CAR, 1968-1969 Thought I would send this along...my jump serial was #7712; went on TALEX in spring '78., with first-issue lugs on back. The early badges were interesting... /Users/barbaraknight/Desktop/Photo...

Forum: Cavalry and Armoured Units 21-02-18, 09:21 PM

Replies: 9 sweet Calgary Tanks Views: 3,281 Posted By SRDJUG Calgary Tank Reverse Metals Cap Badge This one is listed in Brooker Volume 1 and the 1927 reverse metals badge...

Forum: General Topics 14-06-17, 07:59 PM

Replies: 16 RIP Clive Law Views: 1,661 Posted By SRDJUG He was a great guy, and always helpful to me when... He was a great guy, and always helpful to me when I had a question.

Forum: General Topics 14-03-16, 06:47 PM

Replies: 7 Henry Birks & Son Views: 2,722 Posted By SRDJUG Birks, circa 2016 I recently had a conversation with Birks in Montreal...the gal I spoke to confirmed the company has retained the dies for hundreds of Cap and collar badges and other military insignia in "the Tower,"...

Forum: Infantry 21-05-15, 07:56 PM

Replies: 5 Calgary Highlanders Views: 1,388 Posted By SRDJUG Calgary Highlanders I've seen both Calgary Highlanders KC and QC Officer's Sterling Silver Cap badges - hallmarked Birk's - passing through our lines, which were originally ordered from Birk's in Calgary, purchased in...

Forum: Cavalry and Armoured Units 22-02-15, 11:49 PM

Replies: 9 "Late War" Version of 8th Recce badge? Views: 1,763 Posted By SRDJUG Thanks, Brian! Someday, a better camera... Thanks, Brian! Someday, a better camera...

Forum: Cavalry and Armoured Units 22-02-15, 09:30 PM

Replies: 9 "Late War" Version of 8th Recce badge? Views: 1,763 Posted By SRDJUG 8th Recce Thanks, all. Herein is a "polished" VIII Recce Cap badge I recently purchased from a seller in England...our Calgary Military Historical Society types had seen others done up the same way...

Forum: Cavalry and Armoured Units 21-02-15, 07:39 PM

Replies: 9 "Late War" Version of 8th Recce badge? Views: 1,763 Posted By SRDJUG "Late War" Version of 8th Recce badge? I came across this item today, advertised by a reputable Calgary (Inglewood) dealer as "a late war version" of the 8th Recce badge, for $495 Cdn...any opinions from our forum experts? Thanks!

Forum: General Topics. 08-02-15, 07:11 PM

Replies: 63 Dad, are there many young badge collectors? Views: 6,765 Posted By SRDJUG Age I am older than "dirt" (or feel that way, at times).

Forum: Air Force (RCAF and CAF) 19-01-15, 12:40 AM

Replies: 16 RCAF / Canadian Army? Views: 4,494 Posted By SRDJUG You're all wrong. The fellow conversing with... You're all wrong. The fellow conversing with the gal is either a rigger or fitter (RCAF) in either 664, 665 or 666 Air Observation Post Squadron, RCAF, who has also been trained in "Squadron...

Forum: General Topics 13-11-13, 01:13 AM

Replies: 10 CEF repro badges .... Views: 1,911 Posted By SRDJUG Chap in Calgary who has posted this "original" 61... Chap in Calgary who has posted this "original" 61 Bn for sale, confirmed it came in from Badgeman2005, in the UK.

Forum: Reproductions, Restrikes, Fakes, Forgeries, and Copies 20-02-13, 05:52 PM

Replies: 72 "Restrikes From Original Dies" Views: 12,763 Posted By SRDJUG The Naming of Fakes and Restrikes Discussion is good, and a little patience before passing judgement on a badge, or other piece of kit. We had an illuminating experience last evening in our military history group, when our...

Forum: General Topics. 22-07-11, 04:23 PM

Replies: 21 Our Authors Views: 2,913 Posted By SRDJUG Kindle readers and i-Pods Actually, the Buffalo Airways book cannot by pirated through ebay as a CD, as it's a copyright item sold through Amazon for the Kindle reader and at Apple in San Francisco on iPad, iPod and...

Forum: General Topics. 21-07-11, 08:21 AM

Replies: 21 Our Authors Views: 2,913 Posted By SRDJUG Huzzah! Finally figured out the photo image access on these!

Forum: General Topics. 21-07-11, 01:39 AM

Replies: 21 Our Authors Views: 2,913 Posted By SRDJUG Our Authors Hello back, Mike. I wrote and published "Artillery Flyers at War" in 2010, a history of the Canadian AOP during the Second World War, released from Merriam Press in Vermont, USA...and still...

Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 28-05-11, 09:20 AM

Replies: 20 Three Witches formation patch? Views: 9,557 Posted By SRDJUG Silly Mistake That should have been April, 1945...must have been great Scotch!

Forum: General Topics 13-05-11, 11:19 PM

Replies: 0 CF Badges From the 1970s Views: 791 Posted By SRDJUG CF Badges From the 1970s Part of the "modern" badge collection I picked up at time-of-issue, some 35 years ago.

Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 13-05-11, 01:48 AM

Replies: 20 Three Witches formation patch? Views: 9,557 Posted By SRDJUG RCA Captain bearing the "Three Witches" cloth patch on tunic sleeve Apologies for a somewhat belated return with this intel... The Captain in the photo was George Swan, RCA, a pilot serving in "A" Flight, 664 "AOP" Squadron, RCAF. Swan's image in this photo was...

Forum: Infantry 12-04-11, 04:38 AM

Replies: 0 31st Battalion CEF collar-badge Views: 1,479 Posted By SRDJUG 31st Battalion CEF collar-badge Tonight's offering...collar-dog from a bag of badges brought home in 1919 by my wife's Grandfather, A/Sergeant Art Watson, who was prior to promotion a #1 on a Lewis Gun in the 31st Bttn. Included in...

Forum: General Topics 10-04-11, 12:06 AM

Replies: 0 A Gathering of Current Cap Badges Views: 969 Posted By SRDJUG A Gathering of Current Cap Badges For those who could not attend the unveiling of the new Soldier's Memorial in Calgary today - this being the anniversary of the Canadian attack on Vimy Ridge -...

Forum: Infantry 06-04-11, 04:58 PM

Replies: 25 Canadian Sporran Badges Views: 5,181 Posted By SRDJUG For future reference in this thread, ORs (jr... For future reference in this thread, ORs (jr NCOs) in the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada were issued the sporran in the third image, in 1977-1978. All of our kit was seriously dated; I still have the...

Forum: General Topics 29-03-11, 04:44 PM

Replies: 1 Three Silver Maple Leaves and Bar - CF Lapel Insignia Views: 992 Posted By SRDJUG Three Silver Maple Leaves and Bar - CF Lapel Insignia Here's a question: Can anyone tell me if the Silver "Three-Maple-Leaves and bar" insignia worn on the lapel of CF service uniform and mufti - and issued out by "Honours and Awards Directorate" of the...

Forum: General Topics 28-03-11, 05:45 PM

Replies: 82 Lots of badges Views: 16,732 Posted By SRDJUG The Letters ...splendid insight into collecting badges circa 1923 in such a small sphere, especially if the envelopes were retained.

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