Topic: Militaria
All images are of badges in a Private Collection, provided courtesy of a member of
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Canadian Army Orders (1948)
84-1 — Dress Regulations for Officers and Other ranks of the Canadian Army (Provisional)
Part I — Section 11 — Badges and Buttons
Coloured Flash—Backing for Cap Badge
14. Army Headquarters, and in the case of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps and Royal Canadian Infantry Corps officers commanding units may authorize a coloured flash as described in Section 21, para 13, to be worn behind the cap badge on the beret, bonnet, tam o'shanter, balmoral, bonnet Irish and caps winter melton cloth.
Section 21 — Badges and Buttons
14. Coloured Flashes—Backing for the Cap Badge
(a) It will be the responsibility of commanding officers who authorize coloured flashes to be worn to see that they are out the same shape as the appropriate corps or unit cap badge and will extend } inch beyond the edge of the badge at all outer points . The dimensions of the coloured flashes for Highland, Scottish and Irish regiments will be in accordance with regimental custom.
(b) The colour of the flash will be as follows:
| The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps | Yellow |
| The Royal Canadian Artillery | Red |
| The Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers | Blue |
| The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals | Blue |
| The Royal Canadian Infantry Corps: | |
| Rifle Regiments | Rifle green |
| Highland, Scottish and Irish Regiments | Regimental custom |
| Other Infantry Regiments | Scarlet |
| The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps | Yellow |
| The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps | Dull cherry |
| The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps | Red |
| The Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | Dark blue |
| The Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps | Yellow |
| The Royal Canadian Dental Corps | Royal Blue |
| The Canadian Postal Corps | Blue |
| The Canadian Forestry Corps | Green |
| The Canadian Intelligence Corps | Green |
| The Canadian Provost Corps | Red |
| The Royal Canadian Army Chaplain Corps | Purple |
| The General List | Scarlet |
| The Canadian Officers' Training Contingents | Scarlet |
All images are of badges in a Private Collection, provided courtesy of a member of
the Facebook Society of Military Artifact Preservation.
All images are of badges in a Private Collection, provided courtesy of a member of
the Facebook Society of Military Artifact Preservation.
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