I was RSM of the Bishop's College School cadet corps in the early 1970s and none of these were worn then or before. The BCS cadet corps is the oldest cadet corps in Canada. As a corps they never wore the battledress uniform so never had need for most of the badges shown in the photos. However, they did receive many of these badges automatically but they just put them aside. I know this as I was also the corps QM Sgt before becoming RSM.
The corps wore a Blues uniform, with snake-buckle belt, Ross bayonet and scabbard, pill-box cap and leather gaitors. For insignia they wore Black Watch collar badges (St Andrew's Cross) and brass BCS shoulder titles. Since replacing the pill-box with a blue beret they wear an embroidered (thread not wire) school crest in lieu of a cap badge.
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