Formation patch 1st Canadian Division (canvas)

The 1st Canadian Division in the Second World War readopted the divisional battle patch that had been worn in the First World War.

Shoulder patches were made from three materials mainly (canvas, felt and wool) and were first issued in 1941.

Officers at Brigade Headquarters of the Third Division wore coloured strips half an inch wide by three inches long above the Division patch. The 1st Brigade was designated by green, the 2nd by red and the 3rd by blue. This system of designating Brigade staff officers was also a readoption of Great War practice.

Supporting arms were also differentiated by the use of initials on the division patch; towards the middle of the war, these patches began to be phased out in favour of plain divisional patches worn in conjunction with embroidered (or printed) shoulder titles worn on the upper sleeves of the battle dress