Time For A Refresh?

[milcollectorblue]

I notice that it has now been well over a year since anyone posted within this sub-heading (the longest period of any update on the entire Forum website). I therefore thought it may be an opportune moment to suggest that those collectors with extensive or specialised collections of Canadian Cadet badges (rather than OTC) posted some images of their collection(s).

In particular, I would really like to see the sorts of badges illustrated in Mazeas’ pre-1914 book (such as the large Agricultural College cap badge) that rarely, if ever, appear for sale on the open market. After all, Daniel Mazeas (presumably) only illustrated badges that had provenance, and so they must exist.

I will leave it up to contributors to decide what they believe is worth showing/sharing. I will post a few photos from my smallish collection once I have set up my camera and tried to get the lighting right.

I wait to see whether this post generates the responses I hope for

[milcollectorblue]

As promised, and in no particular order, a few from my small collection.

[milcollectorblue]

And one final image (as I maxed out with 15 in my previous post):

[Ian B]

Here's a variation of the T.P.S. Cadet hat badge. Shown in Mazeas.

This one belonged to my paternal grandfather. That, and his WWI hat badge given to me by my grandmother gave me the bug in 1970 and I've been at it ever since.

Ian

[Ian B]

Further to my post of yesterday, I am attaching a photo of my paternal grandfather (James William B., known as "Bill") and his older brother, my great uncle (Charles Clinton B., known as "Chuck" or "Charlie") in their cadet uniforms. My grandfather Bill is on the left of the photo. This is before WW I.

Apologies for the photo, as I do not have the original. It is a photo of a photocopied picture in a privately produced family history.

[cefguy]

Ian:
You are very lucky to have that much family history available to you. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Don