WWII Canadian Formation Patches

CEF Formation Patches

Photographs are our windows into the past and are an excellent way to study history. Even though thousands of CEF portraits were taken, it's hard to find one's which clearly show formation signs being worn. This one sold on ebay a few months ago.

Canadian women soldiers in WWII

Interesting blog about our countries fighting women of WWII. http://warwriting.blogspot.com/2011/01/normal-0-microsoftinternetexplorer4.html

WW II Canadian Helmets

The helmet decals worn by the Canadian Army were procured by Canadian Ordnance and records exist at LAC regarding the units/formations that wore them, who made them and how many were issued. There are also pamphlets on how to apply them. During World War

Formation Patch Id?

This formation patch / batttle patch has puzzled me for quite awhile. It came in a box of CEF material with no post WW1 militaria in it. Not that that means the patches could be a later time period, but it did lead credence to the WW1 provenance. It is no

Canadian Rations of World War II

The following website gives a good run down on rations issued to Canadian soldiers in World war II. http://17thdivision.tripod.com/id38.html One of our forum members just sold a wonderful unopened WW II 24 Hour Canadian Ration. (Photo: Courtesy

Canadian WWII special unit items: 1 Canadian Parachute Battalion; FSSF; Force 136 of SOE etc.

I am entering a new phase of my life with a new marriage and retirement. I am regretting having let great stuff go over the years (for various reasons e.g. mortgage, children, wanting something else, bills, lack of safe storage etc.) and I am rebuilding m

The D Day Battle Jerkin (Assualt Vest)

I thought I would share a couple of my rarest items with the forum. This is the British Pattern Assault Vest which was worn by some members during the initial assault at Normandy. Some were worn by Canadian units and in the case of the Winnipeg Rifles

WWII Enemies Now Allies With Aid of Internet, Time

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2010%2F12%2F24%2FBANI1GQKED.DTL Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle Frank Arsenault, shown as a 19-year-old sailor, helped sink a German sub in 1943. Read more:

Wanted: WW2 era glengarry caps

Looking for some nice WW2 era Glengarry caps to bolster my collection of WW2 Canadian headwear. Any leads would be appreciated! Thanks. Craig

Wanted: Canadian KD shirt

Bonjour, I am looking for a WWII Canadian KD shirt, either long-sleeved or short-sleeved. It can be in any size and in any condition. Thank you for your time.

I love POT (the pipe shape that is!)

Anyone else on here like the pot shape? I know that it isn't historically the most popular pipe shape, but to me it smokes English/Balkans like nobody's business. The wide chamber seems to really bring out the full bodied flavors of the more robust

BBB pipes

Hay y'all. Any of you have a BBB pipe. I have been watching one on ebay and if they are as good as my GBD I'm thinking I want one. I ts a shape I don't have and it apeers to be old, the way I like. Please give feed back.

Whistleblower Exposes JP Morgan's Silver Manipulation

I apologize if this had been posted somewhere already. I looked and didn't see anything. "Whistleblower Exposes JP Morgan's Silver Manipulation Scheme" "On March 23, 2010, GATA Director Adrian Douglas was contacted by a whistleblower