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15-12-09, 02:57 PM
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CEF Infantry Badges 1-260 - Photos - "Complete" Collection
Hi Guys:
I can't believe that I've been collecting Canadian militaria for 10 years and only found this forum last month! You all could have saved me a lot of heartache and pain along the way with your shared knowledge. Anyway, I am posting some photos of my collection of CEF Infantry badges. It is "complete" and all of the badges are original. It would be nice to replace the cheesy 9A someday and there are another 6 badges in the collection that have lug issues. I would also like to get my hands on a 42nd badge with the "forty second" scroll and the scarcer 245th badge. How many "complete" collections do you think are in private and public hands? Last edited by Canadian Badger; 16-12-09 at 02:04 AM. 
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15-12-09, 03:14 PM
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Hello Badger.....
Very Very Nice Collection...... I wish I could say the same about my collection..... Being complete that is...... Sorry to say will never happen..... Mike
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15-12-09, 03:19 PM
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Beautiful, just beautiful.Congrats.
Cheers Jo
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15-12-09, 03:39 PM
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Fantastic collection, by complete do you mean one example of each unit? It would be a nightmare to do the same with British badges! For example I set a target to get all the regular infantry regiments of the line, which were in existance during WW1, got one of each after just a few years! Then went on the road of lugged, economies, differing die patterns, alternative makers!!!!........... WISH I'D STUCK TO ONE OF EACH!! lol
 Best regards Andy
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15-12-09, 03:43 PM
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Lugs, Loops!!!
Before someone picks me up for saying "lugged WW1 badges", I know vertical shanks/sliders were introduced around 1908, but they would still have been found in wear for many years after! Unlike the Edwardian Lugged Royal Lincolnshire Regiment (1946 title), that one of our member dealers has for sale! I'm sure it's a deliberate mistake!
 Andy
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15-12-09, 08:03 PM
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A fantastic collection and a remarkable achievement to get the lot. WElcome to the forum by the way.
John
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15-12-09, 11:08 PM
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Holy Mackinaw!!!
Fantastic collection and a pleasure to see. Not to mention, as a fellow CEF collector I am more than a little envious! I'm getting there, 235 out of the 260 numbered infantry but some of my missing ones will be very hard to get... Thanks for sharing! Cheers, Ian. Hey - now that you have them all, nothing left but to sell off, I'll give you my number... 
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15-12-09, 11:24 PM
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There were a number of Regiments in the canadian Army that weren't CEF, I guess you would call them regular units (or Militia) PPCLI just one although I believe it was formed in 1914 (for service with the British army).
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16-12-09, 12:46 AM
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While it is true that the PPCLI were the first Canadian unit to participate in the war and were part of a British division at the time, they joined the CEF in 1915. The only reason they were not part of the numbered battalions is that they were privately formed. The unit did not become a regular force unit until after the war. Therefore in my opinion, a collection of all of the infantry units of the CEF is not complete without the PPCLI. And as far as that goes, the RCR should be included to. Even though they began the war elsewhere they too joined the CEF eventually.
Oh, and it is a very impressive collection.... too bad it's not complete yet...
Last edited by Infanteer; 16-12-09 at 12:54 AM.
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16-12-09, 12:49 AM
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Right on all points. Jo
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"There truly exists but one perfect order: that of cemeteries. The dead never complain and they enjoy their equality in silence." - “There are things we know that we know,” “There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don't know.” Donald Rumsfeld, before the Iraqi Invasion,2003. Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese.
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16-12-09, 01:39 AM
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A true forum welcome...
Now for a true forum welcome - let's start a debate...
 I think your 158th and 172nd badges may be collars. I can't quite tell from the photo of the 158th because it is turned slightly but I know I got burned once on this badge. The collars of both these battalions are quite large and can be mistaken for caps. The upper edge on the left and right sides of the maple leaf on the collar slope slightly downwards and on the cap, slightly upwards. My 172nd cap is about 46 mm wide and 50 mm high. I don't have a 158th cap but the collar is 36 mm wide by 40 mm high. Cheers, Ian. Last edited by whizzbang; 16-12-09 at 03:01 AM. Reason: typo
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16-12-09, 02:07 AM
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This is a tough crowd! I've updated my photos to include shots of the RCR and PPCLI badges that definitely deserve to be included. Now if only I could find my VRC badge.....
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16-12-09, 02:15 AM
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Well, that's one of the badge designs The RCR wore during the First World War.
Badges of The Royal Canadian Regiment: Crowns, Cyphers and Controversy
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The Royal Canadian Regiment in the Great War Badges of The Royal Canadian Regiment Canadian Army Battle Honours Researching Canadian Soldiers of the First World War
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