WWI Canadian Army Veterinary Corps Collar Tab Pair
WWI Canadian Army Veterinary Corps Collar Tab Pair - Blackened copper, maker marked "J.R. GAUNT LONDON" on their reverses, 27.5 mm x 28.3 mm each, intact lugs, light contact, near extremely fine.Footnote: The Canadian Army Veterinary Corps was established in 1910 as a unit of the Non-Permanent Active Militia. Its primary task was the care of over 130,000 horses. Within three weeks of the outbreak of World War I, two sections of the corps were attending to 9,000 horses in Canada, at the newly opened Camp Valcartier in Quebec, With the diminishing use of horses in warfare, the corps was disbanded shortly after the war.

