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Old 05-02-15, 10:53 PM
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I have spoken about this with two knowledgeabe Canadian collectors, and their opinion is much like this thread. One says they made badges in Canada, the other says they didn't. Obviously more research will need to be done to confirm the issue either way.
Additional information was that the dies may have been made in the UK by the firm and shipped to Canada. Here the striking was sub-contracted to a maker. The Beaver Hill addresses appear to have been the distribution / tailor / outfitting shop. And, some of the catalogue listings were never made in Canada, but being of a generic nature (like rank badges) they were imported and sold from the store.
This has been an enlightening thread and challenges some ccwd (collectors' conventional wizdumb). Still more research to be done, and hopefully a conclusive answer can be arrived at.
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