CHART

Description: BLACK WOODEN FRAME WITH GLASS. PAPER CHART HAS BLUE CENTRAL MOTIF WITH "FORMATION BADGES 1939-1946 GALE & POLDEN LTD., WELLINGTON PRESS, ALDERSHOT LONDON, CHATHAM, AND FORSTHMOUTH COPYRIGHT". ALSO HAS LOGO OF GALE & POLDEN WHICH HAS HORSE AND RIDER. THE REST OF THE CHART HAS 136 DIFFERENT BADGES OF SECOND WORLD WAR BRITISH MILITARY DIVISIONS. ACROSS THE BOTTOM IN LARGE BLACK PRINTING READS "FORMATION BADGES WORN BY BRITISH FORCES FROM 1939 TO 1946". BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER HAS SMALL BLACK PRINT REPEATING COPYRIGHT INFORMATION OF GALE & POLDEN. BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER HAS IN SMALL BLACK PRINT "PRINTED AND PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY GALE & POLDEN LTD., PRINTERS, DESIGNERS AND PUBLISHERS TO THE SERVICES, AT THEIR WELLINGTON PRESS, ALDERSHOT, HAMPSHIRE, 1947; COMPILED FROM MATERIAL CONTAINED IN THEIR PUBLICATION "HERALDRY IN WAR" - FORMATION BADGES 1939-1945". BACK IS LINED WITH BROWN PAPER. WRITTEN IN PEN IS "#50". AT TOP OF REVERSE SIDE IS BLUE PAPER LABEL WHICH READS "PORTRAITS, PICTURE FRAMING, PRINTING AND DEVELOPING A.E. CROSS STUDIO 3RD AVE. SO., LETHBRIDGE". FRAME HAS A FEW SCRATCHES AND SOME WEARING OF FINISH AT THE CORNERS. PAPER ON BACK HAS SMALL TEARS AND DOG EARS. CHART HAS YELLLOWED SLIGHTLY. THERE ARE SEVERAL BEIGE PAINT SPLATTERS ON FRAME AND BACK.

History: CHART WAS USED BY THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION FOR DECORATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF MEMBER SERVICE.