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Old 23-06-12, 12:34 AM
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Default Unknown Trade Badge

Can anyone tell me what this trade badge is and when it was used?
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Old 23-06-12, 02:26 AM
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Group 3, Accounting trade, Canadian Army worn ca.1953 to ca.1968. BTW it's upside down.

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Old 23-06-12, 02:39 AM
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Note, the image is of the back of the badge.
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Old 23-06-12, 07:38 AM
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Thank you for your very quick replies.
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This one is typical of an era when "trade" badges vied with the Boy Scouts for variety and complexity. I doubt if anybody serving could recognise more than 25% of the badges extant.
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