A First War Canadian Farm Service Corps Badge 1917 GTRexclude proceeded to Britain aboard the

proceeded to Britain aboard the "S

Prague clasp on original ribbon

dated 1944 on reverse

He was transferred to No

A First War Canadian Farm Service Corps Badge 1917 GTRexclude proceeded to Britain aboard theCanada; 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