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Forum: Formation and Tasking Signs 25-03-24, 12:47 AM
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Posted By Ian B
Wink My preference for the outside edge would still be...

My preference for the outside edge would still be yellow...however, it's yours, you have to be happy with it.

Far as I can see to finish is the pearls and jewels on the crown. Otherwise, it looks...
Forum: Formation and Tasking Signs 23-03-24, 10:50 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 323
Posted By Ian B
Thumbs up You are rounding the final turn and heading for...

You are rounding the final turn and heading for the finish line!! Well done, you!!
Forum: Formation and Tasking Signs 22-03-24, 12:28 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 323
Posted By Ian B
Exclamation Better and better!

Better and better!
Forum: Formation and Tasking Signs 20-03-24, 11:07 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 323
Posted By Ian B
Thumbs up So far, so good!

So far, so good!
Forum: Formation and Tasking Signs 18-03-24, 05:44 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 323
Posted By Ian B
RCEME plaque

So, I'm assuming you have decided on the colours for the hat badge itself. The following are my suggestions, for what it's worth.

I would go with a dark royal blue for the plaque itself with...
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 16-03-24, 02:35 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 180
Posted By Ian B
Or, riffing on 'Hanlon's Razor', never attribute...

Or, riffing on 'Hanlon's Razor', never attribute to malice that which is easily explained by 'curiosity'. Slow day at the Customs Post, package goes through the scanner, say "what the heck is...
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 15-03-24, 06:04 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 480
Posted By Ian B
Medal ID

I'm inclined to say that the medal in the picture in the OP is religious. Attached is a medal that I have had for many years, coming from my mother's side of the family. It came with no ribbon, but...
Forum: Corps, Branches and the Royal Canadian Artillery 13-03-24, 12:14 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 211
Posted By Ian B
3rd MG Coy collar

Probably an OR's collar, as my reference material states that the officer's cap and collars were browning copper with a white metal overlay.

Ian
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 04-03-24, 01:36 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 243
Posted By Ian B
Thumbs up My reference material says plated for officers,...

My reference material says plated for officers, however, that's not to say some enterprising officer didn't have sterling badges made up. Is your example stamped with a detailed reverse or does it...
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 04-03-24, 02:54 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 243
Posted By Ian B
Crown over Maple Leaf

Good day John,

Bottom left badge in your pic is a collar for the Canadian unit, Governor General's Body Guard, used from 1920 to 1936. If it is silver (plated?), it is an officer's collar; if...
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 20-02-24, 02:43 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 388
Posted By Ian B
Para Qual

Good day David,

While I cannot say yes or no as to the authenticity of the badge, I can say that in a couple of reference books on French para badges, this design is known (Baltzer & Michletti,...
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 17-02-24, 12:55 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 323
Posted By Ian B
MLI Collar

Good day Paul,

This collar is for the Middlesex Light Infantry between the wars, 1920 to 1936.

Was raised as the 26th Middlesex Bn. of Inf. 1866. "Light" added to title 1900.

Raised the...
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 09-02-24, 07:43 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 546
Posted By Ian B
CANADA title

In the first post, first pic, the "CANADA" flash is worn on an epaulet slip-on for shirts, or stitched just below the shoulder seam on a jacket. What is referred to as "Old Gold", it was worn on the...
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 19-01-24, 09:29 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 566
Posted By Ian B
Shoulder Title

Good day Mike,

Shoulder title in link in OP is unlikely an Canadian QOR title cut down. QOR title was only one line curved up, reading "Queen's Own Riles", about 17-20mm in width; therefore not...
Forum: Corps, Branches and the Royal Canadian Artillery 28-12-23, 01:59 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 344
Posted By Ian B
Good day SK, To the best of my knowledge,...

Good day SK,

To the best of my knowledge, the DND drivers did not have collar badges. As I recall, the only uniform they had was the "bus driver" one, a short zip up jacket and pants, sort of a...
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 10-07-23, 12:09 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 377
Posted By Ian B
Int Hat Badge

Hat badge in the first picture of the O.P is for the Corps of Guides, which served as a unit of the Non-Permanent Active Militia in Canada from 1903 to 1929. They were a mounted unit tasked with...
Forum: It's a Mystery -Unknown Insignia for Identification 25-06-23, 11:28 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 488
Posted By Ian B
Re: Lanyard

Gents, I think this a modern item done up by a soldier using 550 cord. This was a not uncommon item used by soldiers I served with. While I was issued with the laynard in Post #4, the plaiting was...
Forum: General Topics. 02-06-23, 12:00 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 275
Posted By Ian B
Re: Stripes

Thanks Mike. Appreciate the information. I'll pass it on to my brother.

Ian
Forum: General Topics. 01-06-23, 09:53 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 275
Posted By Ian B
Guards Sergeant's Stripes

Good day all,

My brother recently saw a video on Youtube about the Coldstream Guards, and had some questions. I looked it up and, if memory serves, it shows the guard getting ready at Wellington...
Forum: General Topics 21-04-23, 10:59 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,015
Posted By Ian B
A&SH

Rob, I don't think the A&SH badge is Canadian. The Canadian A&SH badge usually has the front facing Cat's head in its badges.

Yours looks like the British badge.

Ian
Forum: General Topics 17-04-23, 12:44 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 667
Posted By Ian B
Foru Infantry Badges

Pending views of the back and verdict from other more knowledgeable members, rough time frame for the four Infantry unit badges are as follows:

Lake Superior Scottish, KC - 1949 (when changed from...
Forum: Foreign Badges and Insignia 15-03-23, 01:00 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 934
Posted By Ian B
Re: Italian Para Qual

I believe the qual from the first post is post-war, a variation of the qual that the Italian Army introduced between 1956 and 1963. It has the look of yellow thread on olive wool.

As seen in the...
Forum: Other Militaria 18-01-23, 11:51 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,205
Posted By Ian B
From Canada

Years ago I walked into the entry hall of a Canadian regimental museum (that shall remain nameless). There, on the wall behind the reception counter was an almost complete collection of C.E.F....
Forum: Airborne and Special Forces 07-01-23, 10:35 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 699
Posted By Ian B
Fantasy Wing

My opinion is that this is a 'fantasy wing', probably produced as a civilian sewing notion. I saw something similar years ago in a sewing shop. The wing was identical to the original Canadian Army...
Forum: Foreign Badges and Insignia 20-12-22, 12:21 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,430
Posted By Ian B
Ribbon

I second John's ID of the ribbon. Dutch War Commemoration Cross 1940-45.

Ian
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