Canada, Commonwealth. A 1st Canadian Parachute Corps Bakelite Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A mint and unworn textbook

A mint and unworn textbook example of a Wehrmacht Heer breast eagle

Each measuring 62 mm (w) x 145 mm (l)

the obverse bearing a raised Heer-style German national eagle clutching an Iron Cross

6Th Class Silver Merit Cross

Canada, Commonwealth. A 1st Canadian Parachute Corps Bakelite Cap Badge consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A mint and unworn textbookIn bakelite, a cap badge with two lugs on the reverse and backed by removable red felt patch, measures 39. 6 mm (w) x 38. 8 mm (h), highly detailed and scarce, in extremely fine condition. Footnote: Formed in 1942 during the Second World War, the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion was Canadas first airborne infantry unit, created to provide strategic and tactical airborne capability within the Allied forces. The battalion trained extensively in the