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Old 06-09-14, 12:27 AM
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Good Evening Everyone......

Just thought I would post a picture on my latest find.....

As you know I am not really a badge collector so as far as I know this is authentic.....

It was purchased from an estate with a Stetson, Sam Brown and a couple of other odds and sods.....

I looked in the reference book, Uniforms of the Canadian Mounted Police by Boulton and it is mentioned there and a few photos but with a shinny badge and as you can see this is muted.....

Comments welcome.....

Oh yes..... Inside there is a label Buffalo Cap, ????? "7" ?????, Winnipeg, 1942.

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Old 06-09-14, 12:50 AM
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Hello Everyone.....

I have just been advised that the badge could be Figure 7-20 from Don Klancher's book on the insignia of the Canadian Mounted Police.....

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Mike, are there. Buttons at the front of the wedge cap?

Can you post pics of the Sam Browne?

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Old 06-09-14, 03:08 PM
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Mike, Do you have a name? No 1 Cdn Provost Coy was made up of RCMP volunteers. They wore the RCMP cap badge throughout the war.
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Good Morning Jack......

Yes there are buttons but they are the standard General Service Buttons.....

I hope that I am not breaking any copyright rules with the picture below....

I am sorry but I have passed the Sam Brown on already....

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Mike, are there. Buttons at the front of the wedge cap?

Can you post pics of the Sam Browne?

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Sorry Bill no name in the cap but along with it I got a bunch of Quarterlies and was told that the Grandfather is mentioned in them..... I got them last weekend and to he honest forgot to ask the name.....

My Mother who I am afraid is now suffering with Alzheimer's worked with them in CMHQ during the war and after coming here was with the force for 25 years..... She had a number of stories that she told over and over again including about a number of members commandeering a double decker bus as a vehicle to move a wedding party and all the guests......

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QUOTE=Bill A;276405]Mike, Do you have a name? No 1 Cdn Provost Coy was made up of RCMP volunteers. They wore the RCMP cap badge throughout the war.[/QUOTE]
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Hello Ed.....

Yes it does but not much..... And a few moth holes.....

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Was the Sam Browne the type with the big leather bullet pouch and fixed holster?

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It was a light brown colour, had a moveable holster, handcuff pouch and a plain pouch ......

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Tried to edit to add a picture of the band on the Stetson to show colour but had to do it this way.....

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Mike, Have you had a look at the back of the badge? There was a contract for RCMP kc badges let in the UK early in the war. As well, the members of No 1 Provost went overseas with RCMP cap badges and embroidered shoulder titles reading RCMP.
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Is the buckle on the left or the right side of the Stetson?

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Good Morning Bill......

I have not taken the badge off, the pins have been bent at the tips and I do not want to try in case I damage it but I cannot see anything on the bottom.....

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Is the buckle on the left or the right side of the Stetson?

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It is on the right hand side when worn......

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