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Miniatures Adventure => The Great War => Topic started by: duhamel on June 04, 2020, 01:52:20 PM

Title: canadian field artillery
Post by: duhamel on June 04, 2020, 01:52:20 PM

little question what patchs for canadian field artillery ???? on this photo we see the battle  insignia
 on the sleeve of shirt but which colors ??

(https://www.heberger-image.fr/images/2020/06/04/Canadian-Field-Artillery-officers-1000x450.jpg)

Title: Re: canadian field artillery
Post by: Will Bailie on June 04, 2020, 05:18:00 PM

CEF (Canadian Expeditionary Force) soldiers wore coloured, rectangular patches on their sleeves, starting in about 1916.  The colour of the patch depended on the division:  red for 1st Division, blue for 2nd Division, French Grey for the 3rd Division, green for 4th Division.

There were additional distinctions for individual battalions.  There's a pretty good summary here:  http://canadiansoldiers.com/insignia/formations/cefform.htm

The gentlemen in the photo shown are all officers - they look happy enough to pose in front of the gun, but none of those folks would dirty their hands by actually firing that gun! 

Title: Re: canadian field artillery
Post by: duhamel on June 04, 2020, 09:09:07 PM

thank you ;)