It would appear that unlike the recent addition of gorget patches to CF army generals uniforms, the governor general only received crossed swords collar dogs:
https://www.gg.ca/images/11350/GG01-2015-0288-004.JPG
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jrichardn2 wrote:That's the GG's "Army" uniform, isn't it? I'm guessing it'd've had the crossed swords before. It's more that his uniform hasn't been updated.
Medic_in_Uniform wrote:The crossed swords on the GG in your first pic look like a late add-on; talk about random placement...! The ones on Charles' uniform look better positioned.
I'm surprised no-one thought to upgrade the GG army uniform to include the general officer gorgets -- or maybe ones with bullion maple leaves, just to make them a little bit different to the oak leaves on the standard army gorgets. Examples of something like that appeared on here when the change of insignia was first discussed.
jrichardn2 wrote:Marc, I've seen a JPEG of gorget that uses maple rather than oak leaves, but your reference to WWI had me look up an image of Canada's first general, Arthur Currie. Are the dots on his gorgets the maple leaves of which others speak?
It pops up in another pic, clearly of the same era, maybe the same day, as this one. Otherwise, I couldn't find an image of a Canadian general in either world war, wearing gorgets with these "dots".
jrichardn2 wrote:Marc, I've seen a JPEG of gorget that uses maple rather than oak leaves, but your reference to WWI had me look up an image of Canada's first general, Arthur Currie. Are the dots on his gorgets the maple leaves of which others speak?
It pops up in another pic, clearly of the same era, maybe the same day, as this one. Otherwise, I couldn't find an image of a Canadian general in either world war, wearing gorgets with these "dots".
gghbisa wrote:This picture, from the May 29, 2016 Kindle version of the Denver Post seams to show the Governor General in a very different uniform. The picture is no longer attached to the online version of the story.
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