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Left to Right:
Captain, Westminster Motorized Infantry Regiment, 5th Canadian Armored Division, Monte Cassino, spring 1944.
Corporal, Cape Breton Highlanders, 5th Canadian Armoured Division, the Gothic Line, Adriatic front, summer 1944.
Corporal, North Nova Scotia Highlanders, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, "The Orchard", just inland of Juno Beach, June 7th, 1944.
The Cape Breton Highlander corporal was inspired by a picture I found online. His insignia is a mismatch of pre and post July uniform regulations. He wears the new regimental rocker patch in bright orange-red "Cape Breton Highlanders Canada", but he also retains the old insignia, a maroon rectangular divisional patch with CBH imprinted on it. The newer regulations called for the old division patch to be replaced with just a solid maroon square. He he proudly wears both identifiers, as if to tell the new recruits that he is an old veteran, and doubly proud of his regiment!
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The captain's jacket was an example of the old method, exclusive to the 5th CAD: The WESTMR.R printed on the divisional square, and a "Canada" flash above. Also, any patch that did not contain the words "Canada" or "Canadian", required an extra identifier patch beneath, just as the North Nova's uniform has.
The insignia is CVI, with the edges painted. The captain rank pips are from DID's Robert Coleman.
0 by Stephen Duffy, on Flickr
Left to Right:
Captain, Westminster Motorized Infantry Regiment, 5th Canadian Armored Division, Monte Cassino, spring 1944.
Corporal, Cape Breton Highlanders, 5th Canadian Armoured Division, the Gothic Line, Adriatic front, summer 1944.
Corporal, North Nova Scotia Highlanders, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, "The Orchard", just inland of Juno Beach, June 7th, 1944.
The Cape Breton Highlander corporal was inspired by a picture I found online. His insignia is a mismatch of pre and post July uniform regulations. He wears the new regimental rocker patch in bright orange-red "Cape Breton Highlanders Canada", but he also retains the old insignia, a maroon rectangular divisional patch with CBH imprinted on it. The newer regulations called for the old division patch to be replaced with just a solid maroon square. He he proudly wears both identifiers, as if to tell the new recruits that he is an old veteran, and doubly proud of his regiment!
0-1 by Stephen Duffy, on Flickr
The captain's jacket was an example of the old method, exclusive to the 5th CAD: The WESTMR.R printed on the divisional square, and a "Canada" flash above. Also, any patch that did not contain the words "Canada" or "Canadian", required an extra identifier patch beneath, just as the North Nova's uniform has.
The insignia is CVI, with the edges painted. The captain rank pips are from DID's Robert Coleman.
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