The badge in the original post dates from the Great War, they are almost always encountered with an official number, (the highest that I have seen is 10034) normally upon the buttonhole fitting and upon the reverse of the badge itself in the case of those with a pin, which are rather scarce, I assume these later were worn by women much the same as the Royal Aircraft Factory badges with a pin rather than a buttonhole.
There was also an unnumbered half size version for, I assume, wear when not actually on duty and a full size Canadian version with a scroll under the circlet with Montreal upon it.
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Originally Posted by dumdum
Very interesting post! I'd always been curious about these badges and wondered which period they slotted into. I'll read through this in detail later.
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