The parade is endless... another 1 Cdn Para Bn title... - British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

Bill A · #1 10-01-17, 12:03 PM

Another example of a bad 1 Canadian Parachute Battalion shoulder badge. So many things wrong, starting with the colours, the extremely sloppy embroidery, and material. This looks like the heavy wool repros that arrived on the market about 15 years ago.
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/WW2-1st-Canad...UAAOSw5cNYc2yA

edstorey · #2 10-01-17, 02:55 PM

Sadly these things get manufactured and posted for sale because people buy them.

slick_mick · #3 10-01-17, 08:43 PM

What do you think of the same seller's airborne tunic?

Mick

Bill A · #4 10-01-17, 09:15 PM

Tunic was parsed on a FB page. A couple of issues to note. First, there was a program called CanLoan, under which junior Canadian officers were "loaned" to the British. However, there were only infantry officers and ordnance officers sent through this program. There is no record of artillery officers serving in such a capacity. Second, the parachute qualification wing is identified as a Type 8 or Type 9 in Ken Joyce's book. Note the style of the maple leaf, the blunt tips of the wing feathers and the location of the shroud lines. (attached well in from the side of the canopy.) These are noted as not issued until 1949.

RoyA · #5 10-01-17, 10:20 PM

The composition would actually be correct for 2 Forward Observation Unit (RA) of which two-thirds were Canadian.

As Bill states, the wing is 1950s.

Bill A · #6 10-01-17, 10:25 PM

Roy, were they airborne? (I am not up on my Brit orbats.)