WW1 Canada - Army Dental Corps with Incorrect 'DS' Legend

Die struck pickled copper cap badge with two original loops to the reverse. This is the first pattern with incorrect "'(DS)" which was replaced subsequently with a version with the legend "(OS)" which stood for "Overseas Service".

Charlton pp185-186 refer.

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Code: 67931

WW1 Canada - 217th (Moosomin, Saskatchewan) Infantry Battalion CEF Canadian Expeditonary Force Other Ranks Cap Badge

Pickled bronze die struck example with two original loops to the reverse. In very good condition and scarce.

Cox 501 / Charlton No 33B p54 refers

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Code: 67929

WW2 Canada - Regina Rifles Regiment One Piece Brass Shoulder Title

In very good condition with two original loops and feintly embossed with the maker's details W Scully & Son, Montreal. A lot of this is missing from where it has been stamped out, but can still be discerned.

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Code: 67925

WW2 Canadian Army WW2 Canadian Ontario (Tank) Regiment of Canada Cap Badge

In very good condition, a large die struck badge with two original loops to the reverse. More commonly known 'black cats' cap badge of the Ontario Tank Regiment. King's crown. As worn 1920 until the early 1950s. Circa 59mm tall.

This armoured unit was the first Canadian one to be equipped with Churchill tanks and fought with distinction in several theatres during the war, b...  read more

Code: 67926

WW1 Canada - 5th Mounted Rifles (Sherbrooke, Quebec) CEF Canadian Expeditionary Force Cap Badge - Inglis

Flat backed pickled brass example with two original loops to the reverse. Stamped to reverse R.J. Inglis Limited to reverse.

Cox No 315 refers.

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Code: 67927

WW1 Canada - 23rd (Montreal & Quebec) Infantry Battalion CEF Canadian Expeditionary Force Other Ranks Gilding Metal Cap Badge

Die struck in very good condition with two original loops.

See also my item 67923 for the officer's collar badge for this battalion. The final photo shows both of these badges along side each other for illustrative purposes only.

Cox 484 / Charlton p39 refer.

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Code: 67924

WW1 Canada - 23rd (Montreal & Quebec) Infantry Battalion CEF Canadian Expeditionary Force Officer's Bi-Metal Collar Badge

Lugs neatly removed and replaced with a sweetheart pin. Flat back and circa 29mm tall. Bronze finish with applied white metal numerals '23'. Apart from its conversion to a brooch in very good condition. Circa 30mm tall.

See also my item 67924 for the other ranks cap badge.

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Code: 67923

Gurkha Transport Regiment Officer's Cross Belt Badge, QEII Issue, 1965 - 1992

A large impressive badge, circa 7.7cms by 7.7cms, with four original screw-posts and all four original retaining nuts. In un-issued condition. The marks on the kukris are reflection, it is in near mint condition. As worn from May 1965, when the Gurkha Army Service Corps was redesignated to become the Gurkha Transport Regiment, a name it would hold until 1992 when it became the Queen's Own Gu...  read more

Code: 67674

5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) Officer's Silver Plated Helmet Badge, King's Crown

Die cast silver plated with two original short loops to the reverse. Some wear to detail but in good overall condition. Circa 49mm tall and 58mm wide. Worn 1927 - 1947 on the rifle green and white Wolesley helmets. Scarce.

"Insignia of The 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)" published by the Gurkha Museum. 5GR D8 refers.

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Code: 67107

Indian Army - 11th Gurkha Rifles Blackened Brass Shoulder Title

As the 11th Gurkha Rifles were raised again in 1948 as the new 11th Gorkha Rifles, it can be confusing to date their insignia, which continued much as before Independence. The loops suggest an earlier rather than later example but cannot be certain.

The Gurkha Museum Publication "Insignia of Gurkha Units in India and Burma up to 1948" (2016) pp68-69 refer.

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Code: 66819