A First War Canadian Farm Service Corps Badge 1917 Hold stating his proposed residence as

stating his proposed residence as Halifax

using a lever-action Winchester that he had modified with his own peep sight

having experienced separation from the body of the cap at the front and at the rear

He served under Lieutenant Henry G

gilt wear and oxidation evident

A First War Canadian Farm Service Corps Badge 1917 Hold stating his proposed residence asCanada; Bronze, unmarked, 18 mm x 24. 5 mm, horizontal pinback, on a 27 mm x 49 mm ribbon, extremely fine. Footnote: The Farm Service Corps (Farmerettes) was created in response to the labour shortage during the First World War and was an initiative of the Ontario government, similar in purpose to the national Soldiers of the Soil program, but aimed mainly at women. Its farmerettes assisted in all aspects of farm work, replacing the labour of men lost