Canada, Commonwealth. A Canadian Parachute Corps Cap Badge, c.1945 certificate_of_authenticity including anti-aircraft guns and fighter

including anti-aircraft guns and fighter aircraft

with all of its original bronze finish preserved

Operation “Kugelspitz” was part of the German effort in fighting General Tito and the partisan movement in Yugoslavia

most of the bronze finish has been lost and some oxidation is evident throughout

a Friedrich Wilhelm IV Landwehr Long Service Award

Canada, Commonwealth. A Canadian Parachute Corps Cap Badge, c.1945 certificate_of_authenticity including anti-aircraft guns and fighterIn 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