Badges of the 202nd Battalion C.E.F. from Febuary 1916


Who made the 202nd badges

For many years whilst researching the 202nd Battalion, I have come across many variant badges all reputable to be "original" WW1 202nd badges !!. Some with a manufacturing mark on the back but most without( please see photos below ) With this in mind I had always wondered as to which company had been tasked with the manufacturing of these badges.
My gut feeling was always, that it was more than likely to be Jackson Brothers of Central Alberta Canada. One good reason, for my view on this, was the proximity of this manufacturing Company being so close to where the 202nd were raised in the first place. In recent months I have discovered, in the Canadian archives, some prototype drawings of the 202nd badges by the Jackson Bros company, one of these designs which was just not used. I can only surmise that this indeed was the true manufacturer of the 202nd badges for the battalion in 1916.

The other possable manufacturers Tiptaft and Stanley Aylward just dont stack up. (see below)

 

This Babin, Meek, Stewart, Cox reference to the 202nd Sportsman's Battalion is detailed here.

This suggests that the manufacturers were Jackson Brothers, Tiptaft of Birmingham and Stanley & Aylward. I personally can't see that J. W. Tiptaft & Son Ltd of Birmingham England would be commissioned to produce the battalion's badges and I consider Stanley & Aylward to be more of a silver smith, so may have only produced some of the Officers badges of which I have one badge image on this site.

This further convinces me that the initial run of badges was produced by Jackson Brothers. If anyone has any other ideas then please let me know.

 

 

 

 

Cap badge of the

202nd Sportsmans Battalion C.E.F.

 

 

 

 

 

Cap badge of the

202nd Sportsmans Battalion C.E.F.

 

 

 

Collar badge of the

202nd Sportsmans Battalion C.E.F.

 


Pair of Officers Gilded Collar badges

of the 202nd Sportsmans Battalion C.E.F.

 

Makers mark Tiptaft

(J. W. Tiptaft & Son Ltd)

 

The front and rear of an

Officers Gilded shoulder badge

from the 202nd Battalion C.E.F.

 

made by Jackson Bros.


(JACKSON BROS, CENTRAL ALBERTA CANADA)

 

The manufactures makers mark is clearly on the reverse in the centre

 

Gilded Officers Shoulder badge

from the 202nd Battalion C.E.F.

 

 

Gilded Officers

Shoulder titlel badge

from the 202nd Battalion C.E.F.

 

another O/ranks

Shoulder badge

202nd Battalion CEF.

 

 

O/ranks Shoulder badge for

the 202nd Battalion C.E.F.

made by Jackson Bros

 

 

O/ranks Shoulder badge for

the 202nd Battalion C.E.F.

 

made by Jackson Bros.


(JACKSON BROS,

CENTRAL ALBERTA CANADA)

 

 

 

 

 

 

O/ranks Shoulder badge for

the 202nd Battalion C.E.F.

 

 

made by Jackson Bros.


(JACKSON BROS,

CENTRAL ALBERTA CANADA)

 

 

Ordinary Rank Collar Badge

of the 202nd Sportsmans Battalion C.E.F.

No makers mark

 

 

Sweetheart Broache

Gilt metal with emamel

This may be a later produced item

 

 

 

Sweetheart Broache again

Gilt metal with emamel

Note the different style to the one above and is a

little bigger in size

 

no makers mark

 

 

 

 

 

Sweetheart Broache again

with blue and green emamel on Silver

hallmarked as Sterling Silver

 

 

 

 

 

A Silver badge

 

The makers mark

imply that this badge was made by

Stanley & Aylward Toronto

 

 

Another interesting

Sweetheart Broache again

Silver with blue emamel

hallmarked as Sterling Silver

 

The makers mark

imply that this badge was made by

P.W. Ellis & Co Toronto Ontario

trading between c. 1850-1930

   

 

Machine Gun Section

Badge

Sometimes confused as

Machine Gun School

 
Restrikes, Fakes, Forgeries, and Copies

Over the many years that I have been researching the 202nd Battalion and collecting the badges of this unit, as well as collecting general military badges for the last 50 years, I have been amazed at the variant in styles and finishes that I have come access. I have tried to show some of the obvious fakes and restrikes so that buyers are not fooled in to paying big money for badges that may be only a few years old.

 

Just because it says "Jackson Bros." Doesn't mean it's a true and correct badge. Please be aware when you are buying. !!

 

 

Fake !

A poor copy of a 202nd Battalion

collar Badge

Its just not crisp and clean

 

no makers mark

 

 

Another copy of an Ordinary Rank Collar Badge

of the 202nd Sportsmans Battalion C.E.F.

no makers mark

 

 

Another bad copy of a 202nd collar Badge

(note the metal bits below the rifle butts

and the left bottom scroll and very

prominent 202 numbers)

no makers mark

I have only seen this one example !

 

 

 

Another odd variant copy 202nd collar Badge

(note the wider spacing in the font

style of the "202" numbers also a

generally poorer design quality finish)

 

 

Another odd and damaged

202nd collar Badge

(note the metal riflel butts are missing)

I have seen this a few times on badges


Back to top