Canada: insignia identification help needed

[marcpasquin]

picture here is the investiture of Brigadier General John Fletcher as the new Chaplain General of the Canadian Armed Forces (he's on the right)



as you can see on his sleeve, he has a crown and anchor emblem over his sleeve ring which I have never seen before. A better image of it, worn above his breast pocket is here:



it looks like the merchant marine emblem found on some buttons:



but I have never seen merchant navy personnel wear it in such a way and in any case, seems odd on the uniform of a member of the regular forces.

Any ideas ?

[trbaldwin]

Pitentially now used by the Reserves?

but sitting above his jacket cuff, Hmmmm Chaplins Special Insigna?

[marcpasquin]

Pitentially now used by the Reserves?

but sitting above his jacket cuff, Hmmmm Chaplins Special Insigna?

doubt it. to begin with, the RCNR's emblem is this:



in addition to which, his rank is brigadier general so I don't even know why he would require a naval insignia of any type.

I must say though that even his uniform is a bit puzzling. I thought at first it as dark green but it actually seem to be black. If it was double breasted it would make it a navy officer jacket but it is single breast like an army one.

curiouser and curiouser......

[marcpasquin]

just to confuse matters: John fletcher as colonel, no badge above rings:

[trbaldwin]

Spoke to a mate in the RCAF

And due to the Unifoed NAture of the CF he cited he knew a COL with Submariners Dolphins

He beleieves its the naval bridge officer qualification

[J.T. Broderick]

Sea Service Insignia, awarded in four levels to any forces member for time served at sea.

http://reg.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/proje ... &ShowAll=1

[marcpasquin]

Sea Service Insignia, awarded in four levels to any forces member for time served at sea.

http://reg.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/proje ... &ShowAll=1

cheers for that. any idea the number of days needed for each or why exactly it was felt to be needed ?

[Turtle6]

This might help in answering all the questions