A First War Canadian Farm Service Corps Badge 1918 Hold before being drafted to the

before being drafted to the Sloop Harebell and named to the rank of Lieutenant (Engineer) on March 18

silvered bronze and black and pebbled red enamels

inscribed "AURO ARGENTO AERI FLANDO FERIUNDO

the other badge is in zinc alloy

A First War Canadian Farm Service Corps Badge 1918 Hold before being drafted to theCanada; 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