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Hi, The titles for the 4 PLDG's were produced in printed canvas pattern and embroidered melton pattern. The proper colour is white on dark blue (royal blue). Printed (or canvas) titles demand a premium price compared to the melton or embroidered type. The abbreviated 4 PLDG pattern for WW2, in either material, is not a commonly found item. The long spelled out title is more common and to my knowledge only found in the English pattern starch back or the embroidered melton wool pattern.
The use of the abbreviated and the long form titles appears to have changed about the time the 4 PLDG were changed back to an armoured car regiment from an infantry battalion. (In Italy the Plugs started out as the 1st Canadian Infantry Division armoured car recce regiment and then were converted to infantry from July 1944 until the transfer to Northwest Europe in March 1945.)
Values on items are very difficult to suggest. There is a strong demand for canvas / printed titles at this point in time, and they are in the $50 + range for many of the wartime Canadian regiments. Melton or starch backs sell for considerably less.
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10-12-06, 14:07
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