Royal Air Force 28Th Squadron Pin Newly Listed A Rare WWII Canadian Parachute

A Rare WWII Canadian Parachute Corps Pin - In gilt sterling silver and enamels

crimped ball hinge

ARTY 1853)

stating that he had two years' previous service with the Liverpool Scottish and four months with the Royal Highlanders of Canada in Montreal

Royal Air Force 28Th Squadron Pin Newly Listed A Rare WWII Canadian ParachuteRoyal Air Force 28th Squadron Pin Silver, unmarked, 25. 5 mm x 28. 5 mm, vertical pinback, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: Insignia incorporates a fasces in front of a demi Pegasus, approved by HM King Edward VIII in October 1936. The demi Pegasus represents the white horse on the downs near Yatesbury, the Squadron's first operational base, while the fasces commemorates service in Italy during the first World War.