More of a find then a new acquisition as I found this pin when I was digging through a bag of badges. The insignia in the bag was all was all post-WWII but this pin has me baffled.
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RCOC Pin
ypres- Member
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Re: RCOC Pin
Ed,
I believe these were worn as ID by civilians who worked in the camp. The space in the middle would have held an ID photo.
Ypres
I believe these were worn as ID by civilians who worked in the camp. The space in the middle would have held an ID photo.
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edstorey- Member
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42 COR CAMP
That is part of the mystery, I have no idea.
ypres- Member
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Re: RCOC Pin
I think 42 COR stands for "42 Camp Ordnance Railhead"... this is one of the units that formed #2 Service Battalion in 1968..
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42 Camp Ordnance Railhead
That makes sense as the bag of badges that the pin is in came from a retired military fellow in Petawawa.
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Re: RCOC Pin
Here is my two pins. Have never tried researching but they don't appear to be strictly for civilian use. Any idea on age? Cheers Brian
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Ordnance Pin
I believe 42 COR refers to 42 Central Ordnance Railhead. The "camp" is part of the title of what is now CFB Petawawa. 'Way back, all army bases were camps, so in this case the badge is from Camp Petawawa. The Ordnance Corps had numbered CORs all across the country. In Wainwright, where I spent time as a PMQ brat, it was 45 COR. I remember that because they had a killer baseball team and I used to root for them. <grin>
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Re: RCOC Pin
One that I have...
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