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

proceeded to Britain aboard the "S

constructed of “Flaschengrün” bottle green wool

some wear to silvering and moderate soiling to ribbon

The division operated in the Tigray Region and fought in the Battle of Shire

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