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According to Canadian Forces Dress Instructions, the Monarch or their representative (the Governor General) may wear the uniform and corresponding cap/hat badge of a flag/general officer, with a special flag/general officer sleeve braid embellished with the governor general's badge, and a large embroidered governor general's badge on the shoulder straps or boards, facing forward.
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The insignia for army and special operations uniform is two stars and a crown. The insignia worn on the headdress for an army or special operations colonel is the crest of the Canadian coat of arms : a crowned gold lion with a maple leaf in its paw standing on a red-and-white wreath, all beneath the royal crown; the collar insignia is two ...
The National Defence Act states that "the Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada, consisting of one service called the Canadian Armed Forces" [62] and the Constitution Act, 1867, vests command-in-chief of the Forces in the country's sovereign, [13] who, since 1904, has authorized his or her viceroy, the governor ...
"Honours & Recognition for the Men and Women of the Canadian Forces" (PDF). Ottawa: Queen's Printer for Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2009; Modern Honours of Canada – Veteran Affairs Canada; Canadian Forces Administrative Order 18-4 Recommendations for Canadian Orders, Decorations and Military Honours
After the re-introduction of Formation Badges by the British Army in 1941, the Canadian Army followed suit. The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division used a "battle patch" system of geometric shapes identifying individual brigades and battalions, similar to that used by the 2nd Canadian Division in the First World War, during the 1941-42 period, but abandoned this system after the Dieppe Raid.
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