Chaplain collars

[jim a]

Picked these up in an ebay lot out of Australia. They are maker marked K.C.Luke... over MELB so I'm assuming they are in fact Australian. However they look to be a generic pattern common to the Commonwealth and I'm thinking I can put them in with my WW1 Canadian section... these would be WW1 issue? THANKS JIM

[jim a]

[slick_mick]

Hi Jim,

These are Australian collars worn up to and during World War 2. I think they first came in around 1912.

It appears to be the same design as UK Chaplain badges of that period.

Mick

[Traist]

Hi Jim, the South African Chaplains also wore this design in WW1, so the pattern must have been for the whole British Empire. Regards Andrew

[RAChD]

Hello
Indeed I believe it was. Up to 1930 for the British, iirc circa 1940 for the Canadians, and post ww2 for the Australians. Not sure of dates for South Africa just now.