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Canada. A Canadian Machine Gun Corps Officer's Cap Badge, Style D with Maple Leaf Design

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Canada. A Canadian Machine Gun Corps Officer's Cap Badge, Style D with Maple Leaf Design

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Canada. A Canadian Machine Gun Corps Officer's Cap Badge, Style D with Maple Leaf Design

In copper gilt, voided, measuring 53.5 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), both lugs intact, traces of gilt remains, near extremely fine.

Footnote: When war came in 1914, millionaire Raymond Brutinel, a French army reserve officer who was living in Montreal, in collaboration with a prominent lawyer, Clifford Sifton, hit upon the idea of mounting machine guns on armoured cars, thus providing the double threat of firepower and mobiity. Sifton took the idea to the Minister of Militia, Colonel (later Sir) Sam Hughes, who enthusiastically endorsed the plans and authorized the organization of the 1st Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade.