Uniform regulations: Wearing Old Uniforms question.
I tried doing some searches on the forums and other places, but I didn’t come up anything relating to this. I came across this question when viewing the ‘CADPAT conflict’ that people have about wanting to wear it.
And in the criminal code it says…
419. Every one who without lawful authority, the proof of which lies on him,
(a) wears a uniform of the Canadian Forces or any other naval, army or air force or a uniform that is so similar to the uniform of any of those forces that it is likely to be mistaken therefor,
(b) wears a distinctive mark relating to wounds received or service performed in war, or a military medal, ribbon, badge, chevron or any decoration or order that is awarded for war services, or any imitation thereof, or any mark or device or thing that is likely to be mistaken for any such mark, medal, ribbon, badge, chevron, decoration or order,
(c) has in his possession a certificate of discharge, certificate of release, statement of service or identity card from the Canadian Forces or any other naval, army or air force that has not been issued to and does not belong to him, or
(d) has in his possession a commission or warrant or a certificate of discharge, certificate of release, statement of service or identity card, issued to an officer or a person in or who has been in the Canadian Forces or any other naval, army or air force, that contains any alteration that is not verified by the initials of the officer who issued it, or by the initials of an officer thereto lawfully authorized,
is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction
How would wearing old uniforms come into this? Like, wearing ww1-ww2 uniforms for remembrance day and for airshow/military days? Generally for those you wear rank/awards that you have not earned but are APPROPRIATE for the era of uniform you are wearing.
I guess I ask, is because I have a few old cadet uniforms and wear them to promote cadet history, the badges/medals I have on them are era accurate. I have gotten mixed views from it being a great thing, and to something I should not do from civilians and military members. I just want to make sure I am not really doing something that will get me thrown in jail. I also ask is because the 1980’s AIR CADET uniform is almost Identical to the current issue uniform except that the uniform is GREEN instead of BLUE. I know that military members SHOULD know that it is not the current issue air cadet uniform, but some civies may not know. ((I get odd looks from the cadets, cause they see the air cadet badges, but its all green!))
I am open when people question/ask me about myself, and I state that I wear them to promote cadet history.
Where it comes to being confused as a member of the military, to whom would we be confused by? The general public which don’t know any better and would even think the ww2 uniform is current issue, or current military members who DO know the difference in the old uniforms to the new uniforms.
If this has already been discussed at length… then just send me to the link… but I did some searches and found nothing.
