Montreal Highland Cadet Cap Badge
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You are viewing the scans of this large version of the Montreal Highland Cadet Cap Badge. Made of anodised brass with both original lugs intact and in good order. This badge
shows the darkening that occurred on the anodised portion where the hot welded lugs was applied, and consequently with the passage of time the finish on the metal had oxidized.Nevertheless, this
large version is much rarer than the smallar cap badge shown in the set in another listing on this site
Approximately 40,000 former cadets served in His Majesty's forces during the First World War. By the
end of the war, there were approximately 64,000 boys enrolled in Army Cadet corps across Canada. During the twenty years following the First World War, cadet training came to a standstill. Many corps survived
these hard times, but the Depression and the lack of public interest caused the cancellation of the uniform grant for Army Cadets in 1931 and the instructional grant for 12- and 13-year-olds
in 1934. In Alberta, only a couple of corps functioned beyond 1934. The beginning of the
Second World War brought a renewed public interest in cadet training. An astounding amount of cadet corps were formed in high schools across the country. In 1942, recognition of the significant contribution of former cadets to the ongoing war effort, His Majesty
King George VI granted the "Royal" prefix to the Canadian Army Cadets, giving it the title of the Royal Canadian Army Cadets. (The Royal prefix was also afforded Sea and Air Cadets at the
same time) It is estimated that nearly 230,000 former army cadets served in His Majesty's forces during the Second World War. After 1945, quotas were imposed reducing Canada's total cadet population to about 75,000 members. Many
of the closed corps, those with membership restricted to boys in one particular school, were disbanded; some of them became open corps, training in militia armouries or in Legion halls;
others, acquired their own buildings. The Korean War stimulated growth among open corps in
the early 1950s. Many school corps moved to armouries and drill halls. After 1954, Korea veterans staffed the Area Cadet Offices that began to manage these corps and the summer camps that
trained them.
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