Canada, Commonwealth. A Canadian Parachute Corps Cap Badge, c.1945 Newly Listed Helena Woodruff

Helena Woodruff

Includes: Two General Service Cap Badges (both in bronze gilt

Worn on a waistbelt of thick red and white cloth with two leather straps with buckles

leading to a power vacuum and the establishment of separate juntas on the American continent

reverse inscribed "REESTABLISHED BY COL: SIR H: GOUGH 1ST JANUARY 1820" in the centre

Canada, Commonwealth. A Canadian Parachute Corps Cap Badge, c.1945 Newly Listed Helena WoodruffIn brass, measures 38 mm (w) x 39 mm (h), both lugs intact on reverse and inclusive of pin, light wear, extremely fine. Footnote: The Canadian Parachute Corps, officially the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, was formed in 1942 as Canadas first and only wartime airborne infantry unit. Composed entirely of volunteers, its members trained in both the United States and Britain, where they were attached to the British 6th Airborne Division. The battalion