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In addition to the actual uniforms I ran a PC-based slide show which displayed each item on the tbales as well as a brief description. These are reproduced below;

Canada has two Guards Regiments; the Governor general's Foot Guards, based in Ottawa, Ontario, and the Canadian Grenadier Guards. Both are Militia Regiments. Previously, there existed the Canadian Guards, a unit within the Regular Army. Over the next few days I will upload images from my collection of uniforms, caps and photos. This is a photo of a display I did at the 2005 Company of Military Historians annual conference in Providence, Rhode Island. It won the Loren Miller Medal.

A cap to the GGFG as worn by the RSM. The cap displays the 1930's pattern badge which is worn only by the RSM today.

My old Regiment is the Governor General's Foot Guards. Based in Ottawa, Ontario this Regiment was raised in 1872 and has been allied to the Coldstream Guards since its inception. The GGFG wear uniforms similar in most respects to that of the CG but with minor differences befitting their seniority in Canada (plume worn on different side of the bearskin cap) a six-pointed star and other small differences. As a mark of respect to the CG the GGFG wear thier buttons paired. The cap show here is my old cap, with silver officer's badge. The cap was purchased from a former officer of the Canadian Guards and the buttons were never changed.

Ooops! Typo corrected "Spurred on by Stuart" Clive

Not as often as I would wish. I am lucky to add a new helmet once a year. I have now set up my own thread "My Canadian Headdress Collection" with images of a number of my helmets and caps. Clive

Another corner;

A cap to the 43rd Reg’t (The Duke of Cornwall’s Own Rifles). As the 43rd was not a "Royal" regiment they were not entitled to a red cap band.

A cap to the 63rd (Halifax Rifles). Unfortunately the peak is seriously glazed.

Two caps to the 26th Stanstead Horse. One shows an unofficial velvet cap band (with replaced chin-strap) while the other displays the removeable white top authorised for wear during Summer months.

A cap to the 8th Canadian Hussars. The Canadian Militia mirrored the Dress of the British Army.

A cap to the Canadian Army Service Corps. Although the cap is Canadian-made the badge is actually British - a common occurence as the UK supplied better quality badges in the pre-WWI era.

The following caps conform to the pattern described in the 1898 Militia Dress Regulations. This is a pattern that is highly undercollected and one of my favourites. Below is an officer's cap to an unidentified Fusilier regiment. Note the use of the Maple Leaf embroidery as used by the Canadian Militia.

A cap to the 47th Frontenac Battalion of Infantry.

Now for some of my forage caps. An officer's cap to the 74th (New Brunswick Rangers).

A quick look at a corner of my "war room". I will update this photo after I have tidied up a bit.

My favourite, an 1848 pattern helmet to the Prince of Wales Canadian Dragoon Guards, circa 1870.

A King's Crown example to the 25th Brant Dragoons. Another hard-to-come-by helmet.

A Victorian-era steel helmet to the Governor General's Horse Guards, of Toronto. The plume is a Horse Guards replacement which has since been replaced with the appropriate pattern.

A very rare helmet to the 19th Alberta Dragoons. This Regiment only acquired brass helmets in time for the 1939 Royal Visit of King George V and Queen Elizabeth. Although not confirmed it would appear that they obtained helmets from the Inniskilling Dragoon Guards but these were supplied with neither stem nor plume. The plumes were obtained from the Lord Strathcona's Horse (RC) but the Alberta Dragoons were forced to jury-rig a brass tube in lieu of the spike. The helmet plate is also cobbled together by using the wreath from the (white cloth) helmet plate of the 19th Alberta Mounted Rifles (an earlier incarnation of the 19AD) and a cap badge from the 19th Alberta Dragoons and then placing both on a generic star.

A Queen's Crown helmet (post-1953) to the LdSH

Spurred on by Stuart and by viewing the fabulous collections of other GMIC members I thought that I would post some photos of my modest accumulation First, some of my helmets; A steel helmet to the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians). A steel helmet was only approved for a short period in the early 1900s. By 1907 only the brass helmet was authorised for this regiment.

Post your picture as a jpg, at 800 pixels wide or less and saved at 72 DPI. That should allow you to post. Clive