Boer War Cap Badge, Canadian

[QSAMIKE]

TORONTO.jpgInteresting use of Boer War cap badge design......

The badge is about 1/2 as thick as the cap badge and has a pin running across the back..... Without the ribbon it could very easily be mistaken for a cap badge.....

I have now obtained not including the above 4 different versions of the Victorian Crown cap badge.....

1. Sterling Silver and Gold Officers.
2. Bronze Stamped Version
3. Bronze / Copper Coated? Stamped Version
4. Bronze Cast Version but NOT the one made for the MCC of C convention.

I wonder how many Toronto Councilmen were around in 1900/1901 since it was not a very big city then.....


Mike

Thanks for posting the pictures for me Bill.......

The first picture is the Silver Officers Badge, the gold portion is the Cross on the crown......

The ribbon on the other badge reads in full......

TORONTO
WELCOMES

***********
HER SOLDIERS
***********

Home from South Africa

1900

City Council


Thanks again Bill

Mike

[bgpipes]

I have a nicely matched pair of cap and collars, made almost as a set,all marked J.R. Gaunt made in England. It was sold as "Boer War badges" but the consistency of the matching interested me.

[JonathanH]

Originally Posted by bgpipes

I have a nicely matched pair of cap and collars, made almost as a set,all marked J.R. Gaunt made in England. It was sold as "Boer War badges" but the consistency of the matching interested me.

I'm extremely jealous! I am doing some early research to put together a 1st Contingent Canadian Army Boer War uniform and I am aghast at how I am going to find a badge for the pith helmet and two collar dogs. Are these badges easy to come by at all? Where would you guys suggest one should start looking for such a thing?

[servicepub]

Hi Jonathan,

Is that an original pith helmet you have? I have been trying to find one in order to photograph it for my upcoming book

[JonathanH]

Originally Posted by servicepub

Hi Jonathan,

Is that an original pith helmet you have? I have been trying to find one in order to photograph it for my upcoming book

I work for the Army Museum in Halifax. Though I do have to keep the collection or my limited knowledge of it confidential on the internet. However I can probably give you the Army Museum phone number (with permission of the Major) you could get in contact with him and he could tell you ether way if they have an authentic period pith helmet. You are talking about the 1898 pattern Canada Pith helmet?

By the way I am extremely interested in your book, I would greatly appreciate the heads up on release. I really want this