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Originally Posted by Bill A
An auction for an extremely rare CEF artillery badge is currently running on ebay. Featuring the King's County PEI Seige Artillery Draft, the badge has tangs which are marked Stanley & Aylward Toronto. (The authenticity of the badge is not at question.) Does anyone else have any tangs marked to Stanley & Aylward?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/381472114567...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT |
I just saw this researching a military pin which was passes down from my grandmother. It looks like a sweetheart pin for the 217th overseas battalion. The back is marked "Stanley & Aylward" in text only. I tend to believe this is authentic because my grandfather served in the 5th Batallion CEF in WWI after being transferred from a similar batallion (152nd) which was formed in the same general area as was the 217th in southern Saskatchewan. That was in 1916. He may have brought that back at the time, or my grandmother may have been given this by an aquaintence at the time. If you are still interested, i have photos of both sides of the pin, for your reference.
Ian