A First War Canadian Farm Service Corps Badge 1918 Hold silver palm on the ribbon)

silver palm on the ribbon)

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silvered bronze and black and pebbled red enamels

A First War Canadian Farm Service Corps Badge 1918 Hold silver palm on the ribbon)Canada; 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