Silver Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) (LdSH )

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You are viewing a clean silver collar badge with silver or silver plated overlay for the Lord Straths, Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) (LdSH [RC]). This is a WWII era badge, most likely officer grade, with a kings crown. All original with lugs intact. Has old style cyphers, unreadable, but suggests thias madge may be of the WWI era, or even Boer War. You may know better. View scans for details.

The badge represents a regular armored regiment of the current Canadian Forces and is based in Edmonton, Alberta.This regiment is part of Land Force Western Area ist Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group. The Lord Straths have been around since the Boer War. They were commanded by the Famous Sam Steele. The original members of the regiment were from the Northwest Mounted Police. They embarked fro South Africa in 1899. During WWI the regiment was mobilized and began its training in England. In 1915, Lord Strathcona's Horse served as infantry in the trenches in France. On 16 February 1916, the Strathcona's were reconstituted as a mounted force. On 31 March 1918, in what is known as "the last great cavalry charge" at the Battle of Moreuil Wood Gordon Flowerdrew was posthumously awarded the Victoria cross for leading his men in a successful engagement with entrenched German forces. In July 1940, LdSH(RC) along with the Royal Canadian Dragoons, were mobilized as the 1st Canadian Motorcycle Regiment. Later that year, the Strathcona's became 2nd Armoured Regiment, Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians). The Regiment trained in England for two years with Canadian built Ram Tanks and saw its first action in an armoured role in Italy. The main vehicles currently operated by Lord Strathcona's Horse are the Leopard Tank and the Coyote Recon Vehicle. I believe they still maintain a Mounted Unit as well.

Here are the scans for a field used example of a United Nations cap badge insignia.

Made if brass with its straight pin style attachment in good usable order. Has its enameling in very good condition, except got a small piece missing near the bottom of the badge, which is all too common on these flimsy badges after field use.

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