Colour Badges Collected to Date

CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum

The Badge Project

Colour Badges Collected to Date

The following is a list of colour badges collected by The Badge Project.

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. ACADIA 1st - gun barrel; maple leaf; anchor; compass divider
2. AGASSIZ - a. fouled anchor; b. fouled anchor in brass; c. corvette
3. ALBERNI - ship's wheel
4. ALGERINE - head of Algerine, in brass
5. ALGONQUIN 1st - native arm with spear through eel
6. AMHERST - Pluto the dog & cartoon U-boat
7. ANNAN - cougar leaping on U-boat
8. ARMENTIERES - sun, moon & fleur-de-lis
9. ASSINIBOINE 1st - bison on field of grass
10. ATHABASKAN 1st - native chief on horse
11. ATHOLL - cartoon dragon facing backwards
12. AURORA - beaver
13. AVALON - seaman's hand being paid by SLt
14. BADDECK - five playing cards, all aces
15. BAYFIELD - a. devil pulling mine from water; b. warship
16. BLAIRMORE - crossed pick & shovel; three mines; sinking U-boat
17. BORDER CITIES - wolf's head biting U-boat
18. BOWMANVILLE - castle tower, two long bows
19. BRANTFORD - a. native chief in war bonnet; b. town coat of arms
20. BUCKINGHAM - a. Porky Pig
21. BURLINGTON - quartered: beehive; sailing ship; strawberry; trees
22. BUXTON - head of a buck plus a star
23. CALGARY 1st - a. city coat of arms (but not a good copy)
24. CAPE BRETON 1st - maple leaf; fleur-de-lis; thistle
25. CAPILANO - totem
26. CARLPLACE - stag's head
27. CHAMBLY - bulldog with boxing gloves
28. CHAMPLAIN 1st - single maple leaf
29. CHARLOTTETOWN 1st - b. Jerry the mouse carrying rifle with sinking U-boat
30. CHAUDIERE 1st - boiling cauldron full of U-boats, tripod and fire
31. CHICOUTIMI 1st - a. native with three feathers; b. native chief with war bonnet; c. Bugs Bunny
32. CHIPPAWA - anchor
33. CLAYOQUOT - cross plus two salmon; three trees and date 21 Aug, 1941
34. COATICOOK - corvette and maple leaf
35. COBALT - bee wearing hockey sweater, holding a drill shattering a swastika
36. COLLINGWOOD - a. depth charge exploding astern
37. CONESTOGA - Conestoga wagon
38. CORNWALLIS - shield containing black bar with three birds, on a maple leaf
39. COURTENAY - mine on bolt of lightning
40. COWICHAN - b. anchor in form of totem pole
41. CRESCENT - crescent moon lying on its back
42. DAUPHIN - Mountie riding tame U-boat
43. DRUMHELLER - seated devil playing drum
44. DUNDAS - b. kisbie ring with corvette
45. DUNVEGAN - b. maple leaf jack patch
46. DUNVER - beaver superimposed on maple leaf
47. ESQUIMALT - bearded seaman seated & leaning against a tree
48. EASTVIEW - badge of the town
49. EDMUNDSTON - cartoon corvette
50. FENNEL - a. bulldog with boxing gloves
51. FORREST HILL - cartoon beaver biting stern of U-boat
52. FORT RAMSAY - leaping fish over naval cannon
53. FREDERICTON - winged tiger dropping depth charge on U-boat
54. FRASER 1st - stag's head
55. GATINEAU 1st - a. wolf's head biting U-boat; b. native paddling canoe; c. destroyer & kisbie ring
56. GEORGIAN - Popeye & cartoon U-01
57. GIFFARD - thistle imposed on maple leaf
58. GIVENCHY - a. shield with name
59. GRANBY - kangaroo & U-boat
60. GRIFFIN - griffin
61. GROU - moose head and maple leaf
62. HAIDA - raven, eagle, otter and northern lights
63. HAMILTON - a. five pointed flower
64. HEPATICA - bulldog with collar & Morse code symbols for letter 'V'
65. HESPELER - galleon under sail plus coat of arms of Ontario
66. HUNTSVILLE - maple featuring K499 attacking U-boat
67. INCH ARRAN - a. badge of town of Dalhousie; b. cobra coiled around U-boat
68. IROQUOIS 1st - b. brave with single feather; c. native with bow & arrow at ready
69. JONQUIERE - Kisbie ring and White Ensign
70. KAMSACK - b. Corvette K171
71. KAPUSKASING - city coat of arms
72. KENOGAMI - a. & b. U-boat and 8 ball
73. KINCARDINE - wolf's head
74. KIRKLAND LAKE - miner's helmet and crossed pick and shovel
75. KIPAWO - mines
76. KOKANEE - a. corvette at speed; b. mountains with sea and salmon; c. two funnel corvette
77. KOOTENAY 1st - bird decoy (badge of HMS DECOY)
78. LA HULLOISE - woman with spear
79. LA MALBAIE - b. white fouled anchor
80. LACHINE - maple leaf, rose, fleur-de-lys, thistle, shamrock
81. LASALLE - a. greyhound & star; b. sea horse
82. LEASIDE - b. house, beaver, sun
83. LETHBRIDGE - cartoon dolphin with binoculars
84. LEVIS 1st - young woman draped with a ribbon
85. LEVIS 2nd - V draped in wreath
86. LOCKEPORT - jail scene
87. LONGUEUIL - a. two stars, moon & three roses; b. cartoon fish holding shell & depth charge
88. ML 54 - Q054
89. ML 56 - ML & U-boat
90. ML 60 - see 'Mariposa Belle' below
91. ML 64 - cougar crunching U-boat
92. ML 68 - bow view of battleship
93. ML 92 - cartoon mouse holding machine gun, with depth charge on his back
94. ML 120 - flying letter Q with 120
95. ML 125 - bow view of motor launch
96. ML Flotilla, 77th - penguin, duck and goose
97. MARGAREE - Marguerite daisy
98. MARIPOSA BELLE ML 60 - bell
99. MATANE - Jerry the mouse with shotgun
100. MATAPEDIA - Winston Churchill
101. MEDICINE HAT - top hat
102. MERRITONIA - Roman legionnaire rushing a U-boat
103. MICMAC - native chief with axe & bow
104. MILLTOWN - a. eagle, mine, anchor; b. maple leaf
105. MIDDLESEX - a. cartoon duck in seamen's rig, holding cutlass & U-boat; b. veined maple leaf jacket patch
106. MIDLAND - maple leaf jacket patch
107. MIMICO - bird, anchor and maple leaves
108. MIRAMICHI 1 - native woman sweeping up U-boat broken into three pieces
109. MONCTON 1st, K139 - a. city coat of arms; b. swordfish superimposed on an anchor; c. shield with black U-boat transfixed by red torpedo
110. MONNOW - ship's wheel and her name
111. MONTREAL (2nd?) - cartoon wolf's head biting on U33
112. MOOSE JAW - moose & Hitler
113. MORDEN - eagle swooping down on U-boat
114. NABOB, HMS -a. head of a nabob; b. Indian sub-continent with tiger and lion
115. NADEN - totem
116. NANAIMO - native chief
117. NAPANEE - b. native chief with war bonnet
118. NENE - cutlass, beam and river
119. NEW GLASGOW - rabbit squeezing a U-boat in his left hand
120. NEW WESTMINSTER - native chief riding a salmon
121. NIAGARA 1st - a. maple leaf jacket patch; b. map of Niagara peninsula
122. NIOBE 1st - capital letter 'N'
123. NIOBE 2nd in Scotland - b. sailing ship in heavy seas
124. NIPIGON - anchor, laurel leaves and crown
125. NOOTKA 1st - a. totem motif; b. cartoon bull dog
126. NORANDA - ship & crossed anchors (not a good copy)
127. NORSYD - moose
128. NORTH BAY - native in canoe shooting arrow into U-boat
129. OAKVILLE - tree
130. ONTARIO - bear & St. George's Cross
131. ORANGEVILLE - windmill
132. ORILLIA - gorilla
133. ORKNEY - a. anchor; b. wheat sheaf on ocean
134. OTTAWA 1st - beaver
135. OTTAWA 2nd - griffin
136. OUTARDE - wheel, maple leaf and crossed ensigns
137. OUTREMONT - shield with fleur-de-lis, lion and sprig of maple leaves
138. OWEN SOUND - maple leaf, skull and crossbones
139. PATRICIAN - a. head of Roman noble; b. head of Roman noblewoman
140. PATRIOT 1st - anchor in an oval on maple leaf
141. PENETANG - Billy goat with boxing gloves
142. PEREGRINE - peregrine landing
143. PETROLIA - oil derrick, etc.
144. PICTOU - griffin breaking U-boat
145. PORTAGE - Super Rabbit and U-boat
146. PORT ARTHUR - b. torch &1943
147. PORT HOPE - a. sword & mines; b. woman on bridge
148. POUNDMAKER - native chief
149. PRESTONIAN - a. ship's wheel " geared wheels; b. canoe(?) & lakeshore; c. Bugs Bunny
150. PRINCE DAVID - torch, moose & anchors
151. PRINCE HENRY - crossed plumes & helmet
152. PRINCE ROBERT - a. mailed fist; b. tilted maple leaf & anchor
153. PRINCE RUPERT - totem
154. PROTECTOR - crusader shield, cross and maple leaf
155. PUNCHER, HMS - clenched fist rising from water shattering U-boat
156. QU'APPELLE - stockaded fort
157. QUEEN - maple leaf; naval crown & shield
158. QUESNEL - totem pole
159. QUINTE - kisbie ring and anchor
160. RAINBOW 1st - rainbow, goddess & staff
161. RED DEER - a. red stag's head; b. red stag
162. REGINA - cartoon cowboy on dolphin roping a U-boat
163. RESTIGOUCHE 1st; - a. & b. galleon
164. ROCKCLIFFE - wolf head
165. ROSTHERN - donkey kicking U-boat
166. ROYAL CANADIAN NAVAL COLLEGE - maple leaf, sword, book, anchor
167. ROYAL ROADS - a. name on a shield
168. RUNNEYMEDE - b. seaman crushing a U-boat in his teeth
169. SACKVILLE - a. red square, etc
170. SAGUENAY 1st - a. native plus feathers; b. native chief
171. SANS PEUR - oval belt, burgee and name
172. SARNIA - a. Donald Duck and mine; b. kisbie ring and maple leaf; c. mine, crossed broom, maple leaf and crossed anchors
173. SASKATCHEWAN 1st, H83 - wheat stalk and river
174. SCOTIAN 1st - cross of Saint Andrew
175. SAULT STE MARIE - red & white ensigns
176. SHAWINIGAN (1st) - female harp
177. SHEDIAC - a. cartoon cat & goldfish bowl; b. black cat in boxing gear
178. SIOUX - head of native chief
179. SKEENA 1st - a. leaping salmon; b. cartoon female salmon & U-boat
180. SNOWBERRY - a. Donald Duck; c. reef knot
181. SPIKENARD - a spike (not a good copy)
182. ST BONIFACE- lion plus crusader cross
183. ST CLAIR - the saint & U-boat
184. ST CROIX 1st - crusader cross
185. ST HYACINTHE - a. signal hoist Code Charlie London; b. answer pennant; radio tube; 'A' scan with ground wave; lightning bolts
186. Signal School - book, signal lamp, radio pulse, lightning
187. ST LAURENT 1st - a. St L ; b. Sally Rand with fans; c. 2 grills, 3 maple leaves, 3 fleur-de-lis
188. ST STEPHEN - a. wolf's head; b. black crossed axes & letter S
189. STE THERESE - wolf and U-boat
190. STAR XVI - Big Bad Wolf, brooms & mines
191. STELLARTON - Joe Carioca riding a U-boat
192. STETTLER - a. sailing ship; b. cougar and U-boat
193. STORMONT - a. sailing ship & storm god
194. STRATHROY - bull's head
195. STRATHADAM - eye and lightning flash
196. SUDEROY V - a. u-shaped magnet
197. SUMMERSIDE 1st - c. black wolf head
198. SWANSEA - sun, mountains & teepees
199. SWIFT CURRENT - Donald Duck
200. THE PAS - town badge - beaver & a cross
201. THETFORD MINES - maple leaf, no. 25 and dice
202. TILLSONBURG - b. Big Bad wolf
203. TIMMINS - a. black panther
204. TRAIL - Pluto
205. TRANSCONA - cartoon train
206. TRILLIUM - a. Donald Duck; b. white trillium flower
207. TRURO - a. lion in profile; b. cat crunching a U-boat
208. UGANDA - crested crane
209. UNGAVA - sea lion balancing U-boat on its nose
210. UNICORN - white unicorn on maple leaf
211. VALLEYFIELD - native warrior attacking U-boat with tomahawk
212. VANCOUVER 1st (the destroyer) - sailing ship
213. VICTORIAVILLE - letter V and eagle
214. VILLE DE QUEBEC 1st - lion & key
215. WASAGA - Kisbie ring with minesweeper
216. WASKESIU - faded copies: a. gold stag; b. purple deer striking U-boat
217. WETASKIWIN - wet-assed Queen of Hearts
218. WINNIPEG - a. The Golden Boy about to pounce on a U-boat; b. bison butting U-boat; c. maple leaf
219. WOODSTOCK - a. seated mermaid; b. coat of arms
220. WRCNS - fouled anchor, naval crown with small wren