Formation patch 1st Canadian Corps RCE (Royal Canadian Engineers)

removed from tunic

UITVERKOCHT / SOLD
Betaalwijzes

Canada fielded a national army for the first time in its history during the Second World War. To distinguish the two Canadian corps serving simultaneously in the United Kingdom, distinctive insignia was adopted. A logical extension of the existing formation patch series, itself a continuation of those originally adopted by the divisions of the Canadian Corps in 1916, was the adoption of a red rectangle.  Various 1st Canadian Corps troops adopted shoulder patches made from three materials mainly (canvas, felt and wool). 

Members of various corps serving in support units came to wear formation patches with letters in the middle.

Soldiers whose units were directly attached to lower formations within the Corps wore the formation patches of those formations.

Formation patch 1st Canadian Corps Formation Royal Canadian Engineers

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