A First War Canadian Farm Service Corps Badge 1917 GTRexclude He was transferred to No

He was transferred to No

He was returned to H

constructed of “Flaschengrün” bottle green wool

proceeded to Britain aboard the "S

some wear to silvering and moderate soiling to ribbon

A First War Canadian Farm Service Corps Badge 1917 GTRexclude He was transferred to NoCanada; 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