All:
Interesting topic, and one that I have also wondered about. I am currently on the road and unable to measure any badges, but from the photo it appears that the fat moose badge is slightly wider and taller. Does it exactly fit the published dimensions set out in the 1928 directive? If so then the 1928 direction was to pave the way to resolve standardizing unit badges to the fat moose design thereby eliminating the skinny moose ones. If this is the case it still does not resolve the timing that the fat moose appeared on the scene. Was it one of two designs in active use in WW1 or was it new on the scene and detailed dimensionally to get rid of the skinny moose?
I wonder
Don
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