Capbadge Royal Canadian Dental Corps WW2
The Royal Canadian Dental Corps (French: Corps dentaire royal canadien) is a personnel branch of theCanadian Armed Forces (CAF). The Royal Canadian Dental Corps and the Royal Canadian Medical Service are formations of the Canadian Forces Health Services Group (CF H Svcs Gp) within the Military Personnel Command reporting to the Chief of Military Personnel. The branch was previously named the Dental Branch from 1968 to 2013.
The Canadian Dental Corps was authorized on 31 August 1939. The Regular and Reserve components of the Canadian Dental Corps were collectively redesignated The Royal Canadian Dental Corps on 15 January 1947.The badge of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps in this era consisted of a circle of maple leaves, with the Tudor Crown on top. At the centre of the circle is the text "RCDC".
After the Second World War, a series of coloured berets were adopted, with other arms and services wearing midnight blue berets, with a large coloured "flash" in corps colours – emerald green for the Royal Canadian Dental Corps