Canada Royal Canadian Mounted Police badges and uniforms

[Paul L Murphy]

Here is the most recent shoulder badge for Auxiliary Police.

[Paul L Murphy]

Changing tack a little bit, here are the spurs and fittings that are worn in full dress with the Strathcona Boots.

[Paul L Murphy]

This is the holster and magazine holder that they now use with full dress. I believe they were introduced in 1996 when the RCMP started using an automatic pistol instead of a revolver.

This is the holster and magazine holder that is used since 1996 with service dress.

Edited February 28, 2010 by Paul L Murphy

[Paul L Murphy]

Nicely unit marked on the back of the service holster.

[Paul L Murphy]

That's all for today. The rest of the collection should hopefully arrive on Thursday, only various holsters and leather items left, some of them quite old.

:cheers:

[Mervyn Mitton]

Paul - what type of revolver are the holsters for ?

[Paul L Murphy]

Paul - what type of revolver are the holsters for ?

Not sure with what they are currently issued, I need to check this out.

[Laurence Strong]

S&W 5946 in 9mm

[Paul L Murphy]

The final box of stuff arrived today and it was packed full of belts, holsters and other belt gear. I will try to take photos over the weekend and get them posted here. The oldest item is from 1914 but most of it is 1950s to today. :cheers:

[Paul L Murphy]

Here is a pair of officer's leather leggings. They are undated but from about the 1930s to early 50s.

[Paul L Murphy]

Here is a WWII era Sam Brown belt. This piece is actually named to an officer in the RCASC but it came with the RCMP collection so I am keeping it together.

[Paul L Murphy]

An interesting bandolier that is dated 1941 with a maker mark for Johannesburg. The RCMP wore a bandolier with service dress from the 1930s to about the 1950s but I suspect that this probably belongs elsewhere and got mixed up in the collection.

Mervyn, have you seen this type of bandolier before in South Africa ?

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[Mervyn Mitton]

Paul, with the late date it shows the pattern continued for a long time. The British had several types of bandoliers in the Boer War - this being one of them - the ends of the cartridges protrude through. The Boers had a similar cross belt, but to fit the Mauser ammo..

I thinke we have one - will photograph and they can be compared. However, I don't want to spoil this valuable post - which I can see becoming the ' go to' for RCMP equipment. It was good that Craig agreed to 'pin' - at least we will be able to find-it.

[Paul L Murphy]

As promised, here are the remaining items from the collection.

First up a 1914 dated leather belt which was made in Canada and has the snake type belt hook. This was the pattern worn by the NWMP.

[Paul L Murphy]

Here are the maker details.

Next is a sword frog from the 1920s or so.

[Paul L Murphy]

A more recent sword frog looks like this next one.

[Paul L Murphy]

This is a RCMP Sam Browne belt in stripped order, ie nothing other than the belt and cross-strap.

[Paul L Murphy]

This is the Constable's ammunition case that was worn until 1996.

[Paul L Murphy]

This is a 1968 pattern holster. This type of holster featured a swivel mechanism on the reverse which allowed the holster to sit better when mounted on horseback.

[Paul L Murphy]

Here is the reverse, showing the swivel mechanism.

[Paul L Murphy]

Up until 1964 Mounted Officers (ie ranks from Inspector and above) wore a whistle on the cross strap of the Sam Browne belt. Here is a nice example of such a belt, with the holster and the officer pattern ammunition case. The officer pattern case has the closing flap coming from below, rather than the constable's pattern in one of the previous posts.

[Paul L Murphy]

Here is a close up of the ammunition case and the whistle.

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[Paul L Murphy]

This is a 1968 pattern combined handcuff and ammunition case.

[Paul L Murphy]

This is a nice post 1968 Constable and Sergeant's Sam Browne belt with holster, ammunition case and handcuff case. Note the angle of the holster on the belt since this was worn by a mounted trooper.

[Paul L Murphy]

Some closer photos of the component parts, first the holster.