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20-10-16, 01:26 PM
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Michel,
Yes, WW1. General Service Badge. regards
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20-10-16, 01:55 PM
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The best way to explain is I suppose those units without their own cap badge or before they were issued with their own unit cap badge.
Other ranks version. regards
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20-10-16, 03:58 PM
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Argyll
I don't have a good reference on the General List Cap badges of the CEF. There have been a couple of attempts at dividing them into categories based on shape of the different cap badges. Some are larger than others and there are several different finishes from silver to white metal to pickled brass / copper to gilding etc. There are a few with a voided crown. The overall design stems from the issue cap badge used during Victorian times of the maple leaf with crown and some manner of Canada banner. Another complication is that the same issued badge remained in service well after WW1 and maybe even into the start of WW2. If you take the Boer War issue Canada badge as "type #1", then I think that I have divided a few of the badges into types #2 to type #6 in my collection. This set of pictures is not comprehensive, but at least it will show you some of the variations in shape and colour that are out there. My photo #10 shows a few of the oddities that I can't really fit into one of the categories. Don
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20-10-16, 05:16 PM
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General List is the term used for these types of badges. They were issued to other ranks and officers who were unassigned to units or they were issued to soldiers whose unit did not have a specific badge or were not yet authorized or had procured a unique unit cap badge. The GL badges were used from before the First WW through the 1950's, making them one of the most common Cdn badges. The pattern in the first image is a less common pattern, but not scarce.
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21-10-16, 06:41 AM
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Its no. 318.
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