A First War Canadian Farm Service Corps Badge 1918 GTRexclude red enamelled insignia mounted to

red enamelled insignia mounted to a seven-pointed star base

with two prongs

89th Division was awarded the Silver Star

Jellicoe Park

and evacuate from Gallopoli

A First War Canadian Farm Service Corps Badge 1918 GTRexclude red enamelled insignia mounted toCanada; Bronze, maker marked "T. WIBBY" on the reverse, 19 mm x 27. 7 mm, vertical pinback, extremely fine. Footnote: The Farm Service Corps (Farmerettes) was created in response to the labour shortage during the First World War and was an initiative of the Ontario government, similar in purpose to the national Soldiers of the Soil program, but aimed mainly at women. Its farmerettes assisted in all aspects of farm work, replacing the labour of men