Plastic or Brass
The Plastic or The Brass: Which came first??
For all the Doubting Thomas' that may still be out there, I happened to be at the Public Library yesterday and saw the compiled War Diaries of the 1CPB on the shelf. (compiled and edited by Walter Romanow, Bunker to Bunker Books, 2006. ISBN 13: 9781894255653)
Excerpt from the 10 January 1945 War Diary of the 1 Cdn Para Trg Coy. (England)
“One interesting point about the dress and equipment of the most recent reinforcements which may have come from Shilo is the type of cap badge being worn by the Ors. Designed similarly to the plastic atrocity embellishing our lad’s berets, the new Cdn one is brass and has excited considerable comment (favourable) in camp. Looks like the old story of dressing up the ‘Zombies” and letting the active guys go without. Actually, such a bitter attitude is not taken, but the more practical action of an immediate request for a suitable supply for all ranks was effected.”
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