[Bill A]

This posting will be a list of the badge makers of Canadian badges, focusing on the 1920-1952 or king's crown period. Little research has been done in this area, and this list is under construction. Unlike WW1, there were far fewer makers of Canadian badges in WW2. Note: List is alphabetical based upon the makers last name.

Please note the date of the latest edit at the bottom of this post.

1. O.B.Allan
2. Allied Agencies & Lackie Manufacturing Co. (Toronto). (Osgoode Hall COTC contingent badges.)
3. J.D. Bailey & Company Toronto (First issue Toronto Scottish badges, 1922.)
4. Birks (Montreal) (Badges made by Birks include Canadian Provost Corps, Algonquin Regiment, South Saskatchewan Regiment, Lorne Scots (cap & collars 1940), Sault Ste Marie and Sudbury Regiment (1938), Royal Canadian Dragoons, Royal Canadian Engineers (1945 run).
5. Birks Made in England
6. Breadners (Ottawa and Hull Quebec) (Lorne Scots shoulder titles 1940)(Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps 1941)(PPCLI voided pattern 1950)(RCE 1943-1945)
7. Canadian General Rubber Co. Ltd. (Canadian Parachute Corps plastic badges, RCE, RCOC, & other Canadian plastic badges?)
8. Caron et Frères (70 Régt de Hull worn into the 1920's)
9. Ellis Bros. (taken over by Birks in 1928)
10. J.R.Gaunt including:
    JR GAUNT B'HAM
    JR GAUNT LONDON
    JR GAUNT MONTREAL
    JR GAUNT MONTREAL / MADE IN ENGLAND
    (Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regt), 1940. Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment 1941.)
    
11. Goldsmith & Siliversmith Co (VIII Recce 14CH badges)
12. Hemsley Montreal (some PEI Light Horse)
13. Hicks & Sons London
14. Hobson's (a supplier or a maker?)
15. Jacoby Brothers (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada imperial pattern circa 1935)
16. Lackie Toronto (VIII Hussars C 17)
17. George H.Lees Company Ltd. (seen as Geo.H.Lees Coy) Hamilton. (Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (without Wentworth) 1935)
18. Mackenzie Clay (Winnipeg) (Manitoba Volunteer Reserve)
19. PMP (Vancouver)for Pressed Metal Products, reading PMP VAN BC or PMP Ltd Vancouver (BC Hussars cap and collars, 1935)
20. Roden Bros or Roden (Canadian Parachute Corps brass badges, Canadian Infantry Corps badges)
21. Ryrie Bros (Toronto) (amalgamated with Birks 1924) (Simcoe Foresters 1921)
22. Scully (Montreal) including:
    W SCULLY
    SCULLY LTD MONTREAL
    W SCULLY LTD MONTREAL
    
    Scully's were the principal makers of Canadian badges during the Second World War. (Cadet Services of Canada, from 1925; Governor General's Horse Guards 1941; McMaster University.)
    
    Note: In an email from Will Scully of the same firm, he indicated that during WW2 the firm used whatever punch or die was available for badge marking. Thus any style may be found on the badges. After the war the contracts went to the lowest bidder, and the maker mark was usually dropped as a cost cutting measure. Current contracts require that the date be added to the run. For collectors, modern Canadian Forces cap badges will now have a maker mark and date stamp on the slider or badge. Early CF examples are found without maker names or dates.
    
23. Service Supply London (Toronto Scottish marked Service Supy London)
24. Stephenson Osher Coy (Montreal) (Sault Ste Marie & Sudbury Regiment and Algonquin Regiment, Corps of Military Staff Clerks, cap and collars Prince Albert Volunteers 1942).
25. T. Miles London (found with a Sterling mark on a VIII Recce cast badge) also found a Calgary Highlanders cast badge