Hi All,
Am new to this forum and new to collecting as well.
Johnnyrocket, as far as I know, the retired badges you've posted are made by
the vet association. However, as requested by RCMP, they stopped the production.
As a result, they are very rare.
Why some have the veteran wording and the other has retired ?
Prior to 1 Jan 2005, the retired wording is used.
After that, the veteran wording is used.(see attached)
As to generations and sizes, the RCMP GRC is the latest design,while the
VETERAN wording being the latest variation of retired badges.
The other retired badge with full royal canadian mounted police
wording is modeled after the previous design used until Mid June 1967.
The original design document states different variations. I will post the
document once I have it. As far as I know, the photo posted by Bermuda is
the currect design and appears to be identical to the original design document.
Note in the attached photos, the retired badge has exact
same size as the official badge since it fits perfectly in a
wallet designed for the official one. The imprint on the left is forced
out of the daily used of an offcial badge as posted by Bermuda.