CCM, guard badge.....

[Voltigeur]

Good day gentlemen.I'm posting this badge to have some feedback from the Canadian members.
I sppose the CCM* is for the well known Canadian bycicle and sporting goods manufacturer,the guard banner could confirm that it is for a security guard at one of the plant, the period to be determined but, my question is .....why a grenade on the badge......Finally,why made by JR Gaunt and not Scully........
If anyone has a logical answer re: the grenade.....PLEASE let me know.
http://www.militaria.qc.ca/ccm1.jpg

http://www.militaria.qc.ca/ccm2.jpg

Jo

For our british colleagues,CCM stands for Canadian Cycle and Motor.

[DavidS]

Jo: Maybe they just thought it looked cool and military-like, or Gaunt didn't spend a lot of time on a design & just recycled something, similar to Scully and their Canadian Beavers/generic police badge design?

According to wikiknowitall,

"From 1939-1945 during the Second World War C.C.M.'s cycle's manufacturing facilities were taken over by the Canadian government and declared an essential war service. Two simple, one-speed bicycles were manufactured and then shipped in wooden packing crates to the Canadian army.[7] They produced motorcars, which have allegedly been used as light military vehicles."

No mention of CCM doing anything during WWI.

I'm more curious about the flat sheet cut lugs, as I haven't seen a Gaunt badge with flat lugs. Could be a sub-contracted supplier?

[WJ Miller]

!? First of all, outside of the coincidence of the letters CCM, how do we actually know this is a badge for the CCM Ltd. company?

If it is... why would you need to guard bicycles? Surely the Axis could design and build their own (better) bicycles.

What do grenades have to do with bikes? A very good question.

Did CCM really supply bikes to the military in any significant numbers during the second war? I don't think so. I'm thinking that any bikes they did supply were remnant civilian models and after that the factory was used for "war" production.

As a vintage bicycle enthusiast I know a little about CCM. Sadly, the CCM of today is not our Father's/Grandfather's CCM. the company since the 70's/80's has been sold off a few times and I assume that what archives the company had back then is long lost now. Information on CCM seems scant with much contradictory information out there. I seem to recall that CCM was turned into a munitions and arms factory during the war, and I also think may have supplied small gas motors akin to the "homelite" used in tanks. I don't think they produced any light vehicles or bikes for war use.

I did find a slightly more credible source than that of wiki that refers to CCM's factory and its use:
"..the Canadian Cycle and Motor Co. Ltd. of Weston, Ontario, which had made bicycles and hockey skates before the war, took over the manufacture of armaments including gun parts, tripods for Bren guns, and cradles and pivots for anti-tank guns."

So. Bike factory turned armaments factory would need guards. Perhaps said guards would need a nifty gilt badge with a grenade on it. maybe.

[Voltigeur]

Thank you David and Bill for taking the time to answer my query,much obliged.
Jo