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01-04-17, 05:36 PM
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Here's the long answer, courtesy of WW2 Talk; BTW, nice catch for the title.Congrats. Jo http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads...-canada.24289/
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01-04-17, 05:53 PM
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As of 2008, courtesy of canadiansoldiers.com;
Jo The cloth title is no longer worn by the N.I.H., but the small metal maple leaf is still worn by B company at Dunmore (which is in North Belfast), its only worn no No. 2 dress, which is not issued very often. There is another N.I.H. unit, which is 69 (N.I.H.) Signal Sqn. This unit wear a cloth version of the maple leaf badge on the DPM uniform. The badge is a red maple leaf on a green ground.
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03-04-17, 12:18 PM
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03-04-17, 01:18 PM
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Some more info....
Jo After the war a few soldiers of the North Irish Horse transfered to the Irish Guards.They, unusually were permitted to wear a small maple leaf on the ribbon of the Italy Star,their regiment having served with distinction in a Canadian formation in Italy.The last of the North Irish Horse "maple leaf" men was L/Sgt Cairns who ran the Battalion PRI shop at Hübbelrath in 1962. From;Up the Micks!: An Illustrated History of the Irish Guards, by James Wilson
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