Canadian Militia Badges - Canadian Magazine 1905

[John Mulcahy]

I came across this short article recently and thought it may be of interest. Apologies if it has been posted before.

John

[Voltigeur]

Great article John......thank you very much for letting us know about it.
Jo

[Bill A]

Yes, Thank-you John.

[Phillip Herring]

Thanks for that.
Great info.

Phil

[Michael Dorosh]

Originally Posted by Phillip Herring

Thanks for that.
Great info.

Phil

Captain Wyatt sounds like a stereotypical bureaucrat - someone with little understanding of the system he is attempting to describe. He rails in horror at the concept of units selecting their own badges, and champions a system of common-to-branch badges distinguished only by numbers, mostly because someone else was doing it.

He also makes the fallacy of presuming that since he doesn't like the appearance of something (for example, badges of a certain size), it must mean everyone else feels the same way.

I wonder if Captain Wyatt lived through the coming war, long enough to see his cap badge collection (illustrated in the article) turn a tidy sum on the collector's market.

And I wonder further what such a collection would be worth today if his suggestions had been adopted, and his collection reflected those suggestions?