Unknown boonie capbadge

Mike, You've got nice badges there. Just so you are aware there is a third which goes in between the two in the rank structure.

The bottom is, as Bill says, the General List Officer badge, but for Lieut. Colonels and below. Full Colonels and Brigadiers had one for themselves. Think the old CProC hat badge without the banner, just a lion on a crown. The rank of Brigadier was at one time not considered a General rank, but I believe that changed after Unification. The top is for General Officers, Major Gen, Lieut. Gen and Gen.

Pictures to follow.

Cheers,

Ian

thanks Ian, I completely forgot about the mid priced help.

Hey, Bill.  No probs.

Here are the pics as promised.

My entire pre-70 combat cap badge collection



Top (l to r) Generals, Brigadiers/Colonels; bottom (l to r) Officers (LCol & below), Or's

Ian, very nice collection you have managed to put together. I have thought of doing something similar, as these badges seem to be under appreciated at the moment.

Currently I only have one to the 2nd Bn Irish Regiment of Canada

Ian:

That is a very nice collection of the pre-1970 Combat Cap Badges. Great to see in its entirety.

ED

I decided to do a little research into what these caps were actually called by DND.   Naturally 'boonie' never figured into the name.   From caps held in my collection,

1966

Cap, Field, Combat, OD 7 GS

1989
Cap, Utility, Combat
"Quarpel"

Quarpel was the treatment applied to the material.

Here are a page from 'Canadian Military Clothing'.

Thanks Ed, the date of the clothing sheet? Interesting that the clothing is under TROPICAL category.

Bill:

The document dates from the early 1970s.

ED

Funny that the very first thing I noticed when I saw that photo is that the drawstrings are hanging out. That was a big no no when I was in.

I noticed what looks like a crease in the pants.

Bob

Interesting debate! As US collector and veteran, I rather enjoy observing that other collectors struggle with similar discussions. In the photo above, the cap the soldier is wearing is what is termed as a "Sun," "Hot Weather" or "Jungle" hat depending upon the MIL Spec and contract as well as the time period for which it was manufactured. My father, a Vietnam vet, still has his issued boonie and wears it when working around the yard in the hot sun. I have a few that I've collected from my veteran buddies who wore them in country (i.e. Somalia, Kuwait, and Iraq/Afghanistan).

Terminology is a funny thing. Within the same armed forces (I prefer that term), we can identify the same piece of equipment by a wide range of terms. It stands to reason, those varying names trickle out to the collectors spawning such lively debates.

Just my $.02.

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My most unusual combat badge, this Quebec flag, never seen one before. I wonder if it was actual issue or a kit shop item. Or only wishful thinking from our Quebec brothers, plastic backing.

Definitely not an issue item

If anyone collects these, I have some traders avaliable.

And lots of the green unit tabs as well.

Mike

cpgear manufactures provincial flags (amongst many others) in colour or tactical. I suspect this is one of them.

Bob

Hello Mike, I wrote the book on combat titles. Lots of traders.

The flag has the so called "iron on" backing, which wasn't (I dont think) iron on. The flags thread and material is spot on to a capbadge material. But was most likely made commercially somewhere.

Well, if you think about it this way, even combat cap badges were manufactured for the military by contractors so they were technically commercially produced too.