A First War Canadian Farm Service Corps Badge 1918 GTRexclude 1930 and was struck off

1930 and was struck off strength on December 23

maker marked with the stylized logo of “Ferdinand Wiedmann

red enamelled insignia mounted to a seven-pointed star base

and edged with carmine coloured Waffenfarbe piping (indicating Staff branch)

with two prongs

A First War Canadian Farm Service Corps Badge 1918 GTRexclude 1930 and was struck offCanada; Bronze, maker marked "T. WIBBY" on the reverse, 19 mm x 27. 7 mm, vertical pinback, 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