Pacific Command / CAPF patch

[Bill A]

Acquired this week, a very unusual Pacific Command patch. The patch is made of felt rather than melton, but more interesting, is the "homemade" Canadian Amry Pacific Force device that is sewn on the Pacific Command patch. Small segments of coloured felt, representing the 5 Canadian Divisions and black for the Armoured Brigades were sewn on the base patch, but in this case the opposite orientation is used. I have not seen the right / left patterns in the small size, and the opposite sides in the large CAPF patch are seldom seen. The standard patch is a "left" with the rotation of the colours being red, blue, gray, green, maroon, and black. Compare the two CAPF small versions below. A pair of the large CAPF patches are shown for comparison.