{"product_id":"ww1-c-e-f-general-service-collars-by-caron-bros-montreal-1916","title":"WW1 C.E.F General Service collars by CARON BROS , MONTREAL 1916.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWWI Canadian Expeditionary Force General Service Collar Badges – Matching Pair by CARON BROS MONTEAL 1916.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA nice matching pair of World War One Canadian General Service collar badges, the maple leaf pattern with King’s crown and “CANADA” banner. Both badges are well struck and nicely maker marked and dated on the reverse: Caron Bros., Montreal, 1916.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe General Service badge was the standard fallback pattern worn across the CEF where a unit had not adopted its own distinctive badge, or where supply of battalion pattern insignia hadn’t yet reached reinforcements. It’s a common enough badge on its own, but pairs are usually found loose and mismatched, with differing makers, dates, or no markings at all. To find both collar badges sharing the same maker and the same year is unusual, and strongly suggests this pair started life together on one soldier’s tunic rather than being assembled later from odd stock.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA good, honest example of a normally unremarkable badge made considerably more interesting by the matched, dated maker’s marks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gradia Militaria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53686757654856,"sku":"08-021","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0924\/1103\/5976\/files\/IMG-1647_df9cc931-7611-4bfc-bb00-1274ee504306.heic?v=1786129761","url":"https:\/\/www.gradiamilitaria.com\/products\/ww1-c-e-f-general-service-collars-by-caron-bros-montreal-1916","provider":"Gradia Militaria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}