A nice un-issued printed British made Canadian 4th P.L.D.G. (Princess Louise Dragoon Guards) shoulder title

This is a neat example of a nice un-issued printed British made Canadian 4th P.L.D.G. (Princess Louise Dragoon Guards) shoulder title. In 1936 the 4th Hussars and the Princess Louise Dragoon Guards were amalgamated to form the 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards. The 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards was a Militia Regiment activated for Wartime Service with the Canadian Army (Active) in 1941. A former cavalry regiment with roots in the Ottawa area that dated back to the late 1800s it was assigned to the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps which itself had been activated in 1940. In 1942 it was redesignated the 4th Reconnaissance Regiment (4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards), the same year the first of its soldiers sailed for the United Kingdom where 4th PLDG joined 1st Canadian Infantry Division at Camp Aldershot. In the four months 4th Recce fought in North West Europe, a third of the time it was in Italy, it lost some 187 men. This shoulder title is in a pefect un-issued condition.

Code: 51175