A First War Canadian Farm Service Corps Badge 1917 certificate_of_authenticity 1915 under the command of

1915 under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel W

Lot of six large Commemorative Stahlhelm Badges

Original ribbons on two

Very fine enamel work

A First War Canadian Farm Service Corps Badge 1917 certificate_of_authenticity 1915 under the command ofCanada; 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