Canada, Commonwealth. A Royal Canadian Air Force Side Cap Auction twenty-three with vertical pinbacks

twenty-three with vertical pinbacks

measuring 49 mm (w) x 50 mm

in gilt aluminum and finely detailed machine embroidery

From the moment he went ashore in the landing wave

but ran into noxious fumes and five of them died

Canada, Commonwealth. A Royal Canadian Air Force Side Cap Auction twenty-three with vertical pinbacksA side cap wedge cap fabricated from a grayish blue wool with fold up flaps on either side. The flaps are held up via metal down ward pointed hooks that thread through a metal reinforced eyelet on the side of the cap. There are two rising peaks forming a valley between the two panels, the front decorated with two vertically mounted 14 mm in diameter brass buttons, with each of the buttons bearing the R. C. A. F crown and eagle insignia that hold the