A First War Canadian Imperial Munitions Board Woman Worker Badge Archive Caronia on March 29th and

Caronia on March 29th and arrived in Halifax on April 5th

Many men of the 97th NY followed Martin's orders as well

light worn

with a red horizontal border on the top and bottom edges

the obverse has a red field supporting a 130 mm x 145 mm gold-coloured bullion wire interlaced with matching sequins Bersaglieri insignia at the upper left and a silver and gold-coloured bullion wire fasces at the upper right

A First War Canadian Imperial Munitions Board Woman Worker Badge Archive Caronia on March 29th andCanada; Bronze, number impressed "17261" and maker marked "ELLIS BROS. TORONTO DES. REG'D." on the reverse, 30. 5 mm x 37. 5 mm, horizontal pinback, drilled holes at either ends of the "CANADA" ribbon banner, extremely fine. Footnote: An estimated 30,000 women worked in Imperial Munitions Board factories manufacturing shells or other war supplies. It was dangerous work. Workers whose skin had turned yellow from handling high explosives were nicknamed