Black and White Images Collected to Date

CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum

The Badge Project

Black and White Images Collected to Date

The following is a list of black and white images already collected by The Badge Project for which we are now seeking colour images.

Anyone who can provide details about coloured badges from the list is asked to contact the Badge Project.

This unofficial badge of HMCS Valleyfield was sent to the Badge Project by Pierre Lefebvre, CO of RCSCC Valleyfield.

The information provided includes the ship name, and any available details of the design elements. An "a," "b" or "c" indicates that more than one version of a badge exists for that ship.

1. AGASSIZ - b. black grizzly bear
2. ALGOMA - baying wolf
3. AMHERST - Pluto the dog & cartoon U-boat
4. ANNAPOLIS - map
5. ARNPRIOR - arm with arrow
6. ARROWHEAD - two crossed arrows with native wearing war bonnet
7. ARVIDA - cartoon sailor holding airplane & U-boat
8. AVALON - crown, shield & cross
9. Bay of Islands Patrol Force - crossed axes
10. BARRIE - a. eagle & U-boat; b. Pecos Pete & U-boat
11. BATTLEFORD - a. seaman, U-boat & letter 'V'; b. cartoon Ford car, seaman and U-boat
12. BITTERSWEET - a. Pappy Yokum; b. depth charge thrower
13. BRANDON 1st - a. cartoon bull; b. minesweeper ramming U-boat;
    c. anchor & crown
14. BRANTFORD - b. coat of arms of town
15. BUCTOCHE - Hitler being bucked off donkey
16. BYTOWN - Parliament Buildings, Ottawa
17. CALGARY 1st - b. cartoon cowboy astride corvette
18. CAMROSE - Popeye fishing
19. CARAQUET - a. seaman sweeping mines with broom; b. head of a snorting bull
20. CATARAQUI - forked river
21. CHARLOTTETOWN (1st) - seaman dumping sack of potatoes on U-boat
22. CHATHAM - totem pole
23. COLUMBIA (1st) - diamond floating in the sea
24. COMOX - horn of plenty
25. COUGAR - winged letter 'V'; forepart of cougar
26. COWICHAN - totem pole w/thunderbird & frog
27. CRUSADER- shield with crusader cross
28. DIGBY - nude young woman with two wolves
29. ETTRICK - lynx clawing two U-boats, plus large letter 'V'
30. EYEBRIGHT - a. black panther; b. seamen & letter 'V'
31. FENNEL - a. cartoon Alley Oop holding club
32. FORT ERIE - town badge
33. FRONTENAC - three griffin's feet
34. GALIANO - capital letter 'G'
35. GALT - naval officer spanking U-boat
36. GEORGIAN - Popeye in conning tower of U-01
37. GIVENCHY - pointed shield, anchor & ship's name
38. GRANBY 1st - kangaroo with U-boat
39. GRIFFIN - profile of a griffin
40. GUELPH - dog biting a U-boat; white cocker spaniel with black jacket, "Rags"
41. HALIFAX 1st - cartoon eagle with telescope
42. HAMILTON - Donald Duck, axe and U-boat
43. HUMBERSTONE - maple leaf & town coat of arms
44. HUNTER - swooping eagle
45. IROQUOIS 1st - a chief's head with war bonnet
46. KAMLOOPS - three rivers forming letter 'Y'
47. KAMSACK - a. Jiminy Cricket seated on falling depth charge
48. KELOWNA - sailing ship in shield
49. KIPAWO - mines, floats & U-boat
50. LCI 118 - "Lucky Canuck" - horseshoe
51. LCI (L) 276 - badge with six sections
52. LCI (L) 305 - "Da Bum": profile of a tramp; moose head in shield
53. LCI (L) 310 - Dirty Gert(y)
54. LA MALABAIE - head of a panther with U-boat in teeth
55. LANARK - bull's head in a coat of arms
56. LASALLE - a. eight-pointed star plus dog; b. sea horse and name
57. LEASIDE - seaman riding a Squid round
58. LETHBRIDGE - cartoon dolphin holding binoculars
59. LEVIS 1st - young woman forming letter 'V'
60. LOCH MORLICH - octopus & U-Boat
61. LOCKEPORT - jail scene with Lt holding key
62. LONGUEIL - a. stars, moon & roses
63. LOUISBURG 2nd - wooden steamer, fish, three flowers;
    crossed shovel & hammer
64. MARIPOSA BELLE [HMC ML 060] - ship's bell
65. MATAPEDIA - Winston Churchill transformed into a bulldog
66. MAYFLOWER - Daisy May
67. MINAS - cartoon depth charge kicking U-boat
68. ML 64 - Cougar biting a U-Boat
69. MONCTON - monk & U-boat
70. MONNOW - three chevrons & a bar
71. MONTCALM - sailing ship, two fleurs-de-lis, maple leaf
72. MOOSE JAW - moose snorting smoke with cartoon Hitler
73. MOTOR launches - sea serpent
74. NANAIMO 1st - native chief in war bonnet
75. NAPANEE - a. cartoon native chief biting U-boat
76. NIOBE 2nd - a. sailing ship; b. sailing ship in heavy seas
77. NIPIGON - anchor
78. NORANDA - a. cartoon native chief biting U-boat; b. black panther leaping on a U-boat
79. NORTH BAY - native in canoe putting arrow into U-boat
80. OTTAWA 1st - profile of a beaver
81. OWEN SOUND - two people ashore watching warship on the horizon
82. PENETANG - billy goat with boxing gloves
83. PICTOU - griffin tearing apart U-boat
84. PORT ARTHUR - a. St George riding a depth charge
85. PROTECTEUR - Crusader cross
86. QUEBEC - a. shield on a maple leaf; b. crowned crane
87. QUESNEL - totem pole
88. REINDEER - red reindeer
89. RESTIGOUCHE - sailing ship
90. RIBBLE - sailing ship
91. SACKVILLE - b. Donald Duck, cigar, broom & U-boat
92. SASKATOON - gopher with depth charge
93. STONE TOWN - cartoon wolf, Carley float and White Ensign
94. SUMMERSIDE 1st - d. Donald Duck, Pecos Pete & Joe Carioca
95. WASAGA - pirate, parrot, cannon & sabre
96. RIMOUSKI - cowboy, horse & U-boat
97. ROSTHERN - b. corvette
98. ROYAL ROADS - crown plus anchor, open book & spray of three maple leaves
99. RUNNEYMEDE - Magna Carta parchment
100. SACKVILLE - b. black arm & sack of U-boats
101. SAINT JOHN - city coat of arms
102. SANS PEUR - b. three cats (lions?)
103. SASKATOON - gopher holding a depth charge
104. SHAWINIGAN 1st - b. Irish harp
105. SHEDIAC - c. gorilla
106. SOREL - cartoon sorrel horse
107. ST CLAIR - the saint & a monster
108. ST FRANCIS - a cross
109. ST HYACINTHE - c. friar and galleon. [PS a. & b. should be on the colour list]
110. ST PIERRE - crossed keys
111. SUDBURY - axe, pick & smokestack
112. SUMMERSIDE 1st - a. Mickey Mouse; b. three cartoon characters;
     c. Hitler & depth charge
113. THORLOCK - god of war, U-boat, mermaids
114. THUNDER - Kisbie ring & minesweeper
115. TIMMINS - b. St George & Hitler
116. TRILLIUM - a. Donald Duck & butterfly net; B. Donald Duck with fish net
117. U889 - bulldog
118. VANCOUVER 2nd, the corvette - black panther leaping down
119. VENTURE 2nd - a torch
120. WALLACEBURG - octopus
121. WASAGA - a. cartoon wolf's head; b. cartoon sailor as a broom
122. WOLF - maple leaf and anchor
123. WOODSTOCK - b. Donald Duck