Canadian Para Beret for Review

[juno-44]

Hi To all,

Someone is offering this beret and before committing to it I would like to know if its an original. According to the following thread:

https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...anadian+berets

Canadian made wartime para beret were not made with brass grommets. Thanking you all in advance and hoping to hear from some of you very soon.

Regards, juno-44

[Tanker Mike]

Looks good to me, just make sure there is no pocket for the cap badge, that came in post war, this beret looks unused.

Mike

[juno-44]

Hi Mike,

Thanks for your quick reply. What do you mean by pocket for the cap badge?

Regards, juno-44

[Tanker Mike]

Post war berets had a stiffener and a pocket for the slider for a cap badge, some unscrupulous sellers will take a post war maroon beret and sew in a war time liner.
Another way to tell a war time beret is they are big, like a pancake when worn, almost 1/3 bigger than a post war beret.

[juno-44]

Mike,

No stiffener and not as big as my RCAC beret posted at:

https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...ad.php?t=71790

It is the ame size as my Dorothea Knitting Mills Limited 1945 khaki beret.

Regards juno-44

[Luc]

Personally I would rely on Coogan's opinion:

Originally Posted by cw2311

I have inspected a considerable amount of Canadian produced para berets and standard issue by the two primary contractors and have only ever found factory originals to be with steel (magnetic) grommets.

[juno-44]

Thank you Luc, here is a photo showing the stitchings.

[cw2311]

I am not a fan of this beret.

Cheers

[juno-44]

Hi,

Thanks for getting back to me. When you say you are not a fan of this beret is it because it has brass grommet?

Regards, juno-44