The Canadian Forestry Corps was an administrative corps of the Canadian Army with its own cap badge, and other insignia and traditions.
The Canadian Forestry Corps was created 14 Nov 1916. The crest of the Canadian Forestry Corps consists of a circle, with a beaver on top, superimposed on a pair of crossed axes, with the text "Canadian Forestry Corps" around the edge. At the center of the circle is a maple leaf with a King's Crown.
The Canadian Forestry Corps was disbanded in 1920. It was reformed in 1940 then disbanded again in 1945.
Read more about Canadian Forestry Corps: First World War, Second World War, Canadian National War Memorial, Newfoundland
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