Insignia

►Rank & Appointment Insignia

Chris Brooker's CEF Guide

Cap Badges

►Crowns

►Corps & Services 1939-1945

►Mounted Units 1939-1945

Collar Badges

►1920-1952

 Metal Shoulder Titles

 Slip-On Shoulder Titles 

Buttons 1939-1945

Formation Patches
►C.E.F. Troops  
►1st Canadian Army

►Canadian Military HQ

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►4th Canadian Division

►5th Canadian Division

►6th Canadian Division

►7th Canadian Division

►8th Canadian Division

►1st Armoured Brigade

►2nd Armoured Brigade

►3rd Armoured Brigade

►Misc. & Foreign 1939-45  
►Postwar .

Nationality

Miscellaneous Insignia

►Active Service Badges

►Good Conduct Chevrons

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 ►Wound Stripes
 ►National Insignia

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8divmini.gif (1157 bytes)8th Canadian Division Formation Insignia

The home divisions came to adopt distinguishing patches similar to those worn overseas; each was composed of two colours.1  The 8th Canadian Division combined the colours of the 4th and 5th Divisions.  The wide end of the Maroon triangle was always worn facing the wearer's front.2

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For further information, see the book DISTINGUISHING PATCHES by Clive M. Law, published by Service Publications.

Artifacts and photos courtesy of Bill Alexander.

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Notes

  1. Law, Clive M. Distinguishing Patches: Formation Patches of the Canadian Army (2nd Ed.) Service Publications, Ottawa, ON, 2008 ISBN 978-1-894581-50-9

  2. Falconer, D.W. Battery Flashes of W.W. II (D.W. Falconer, 1985) ISBN 0-9691865-0-9


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