Hi Simon, Digging into that angle. The government of Canada was loath to spend money on companies outside of Canada for certain items, and there was quite a bit of political lobbying to make sure public stores were bought within Canada. It may be that Gaunt was set up as a distributor in Canada, and it is certain that some Canadian badges were made by Gaunt in the UK. Collectors' conventional wizdumb has been that the Gaunt Montreal plates were Canadian made badges, and the Gaunt Montreal Made In England were plates put on badges to meet certain import rules. It seems odd that those tags would be applied in the manner that they are if all the badges were made in the UK. Will do some more research.
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