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15-06-23, 12:39 AM
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Lord Strathcona's Corps / Horse
Good Evening Everyone......
I was advised by a member of another forum and I wish to say thanks to he who put me on to this badge...... It was found on an online auction in S.A. and I was happy or should I say ecstatic that I was able to bid on this very rare badge and eventually win it..... I took it with me to the Lord Strathcona's Regimental Museum and I will not say who but was told that I would be lucky if I would be able to leave the building alive, with a great big smile on their face...... A little history first, as it has been explained to me...... When founded by Lord Strathcona the regiment was to be made up of Western Canadian Rough Riders, N.W.M.P. and other Volunteers and everybody started to call them Strathcona's Horse..... On arrival in South Africa they were designated by the British staff as a Corps and they were going to have their horses taken away and given to British units as remounts ...... Even thought they had already had the badges "S.H." issued to them and some were made on the ship they had to have remade their shoulder titles as Lord Strathcona's Corps there were very very few of these badges ever issued as after their commanding officer Col. Sam Steele kicked up a stink along with Lord Strathcona they were allowed to return to the name Strathcona's Horse, the Corps badges were ordered destroyed...... The museum knows about the badges has a photo of one person wearing one but do not have one in their collection and all their references just show drawings..... That is why I had to sneak out the back door (Just Kidding)....... Now for a couple of Pictures....... Mike P.S. I should also say that I have heard about this badge but had never seen one.....
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15-06-23, 07:27 AM
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Did you buy it from South Africa ?
EDIT : Just reread your post  The mail service is quick , the auction only closed on the 5th June ! . .
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British Legion/Royal British Legion , Poppy/Remembrance/Commemorative. Poppy and British Legion Wanted Last edited by mike_vee; 15-06-23 at 10:06 AM.
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27-06-23, 12:40 PM
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Good Morning Mike......
Yes as you know from your post...... Sent via Fedex which was actually cheaper than postal shipping..... It was interesting tracking it and the different locations that it traveled...... Mike
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27-06-23, 01:09 PM
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07-07-23, 02:44 PM
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Have been passed the following information from the BMF......
Quote: Of note, all of the gallantry medals awarded to Lord Strathcona’s Horse during the Boer War appear to have been named Lord Strathcona’s Corps, so the name stuck around for a while. Mike
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