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Lord Strathcona's Horse sun helmet flash
The Lord Strathcona's wore the tropical helmet/sun helmet with a flash in regimental colour during the 1920's-30's. The flash was rectangular, with the regimental colours of scarlet and green, but worn on the point. (Eg turned 90° from the horizontal.) Question, which colour goes to the left as viewed?
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How about red on top over green. See the chart of distinguishing patches of the CEF.
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Thanks Mike. I will orient my example that way.
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Bill, Can you post a picture? I have a special interest in Wolseley helmets and their embellishments.
http://www.servicepub.com/wolseley.htm Clive
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Lord Strathcona's Horse sun helmet flash
Bill,
I always thought of the sun helmet flash as diamond-shaped with the red half uppermost. It has been a while since I looked at my reference material on the Strathcona's, but there is an illustration in Always a Strathcona by W.B. Fraser between pp 128-129 that shows an officer wearing the sun helmet with the flash prominently displayed. It could be construed as a square I suppose; a bit reminiscent of the commercial currently on television about oat cereal being squares or diamonds. I hang my head in shame that an RCR (regimental rogue) beat me to the punch on this one. Wyn |
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Tropical Helmet patch
Here is the tropical helmet flash for the Strathcona's.
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