Three Thai Paratrooper Jump Badges - Gold-coloured and silver rolled bullion wire with touches of blue embroidery
Standard Edition of which is limited to 1500 copies (numbered 210 to 1700 of which this copy is number "1429")
the obverse with an eagle clutching a bomb in mid-flight
1 Clasp -5th Aug
The eagle measures 65 mm (w) x 40 mm (h) and retains both of its reverse attachment prongs
Canada, CEF. A 251St Infantry Battalion "Good Fellows Battalion" Cap Badge, By Stanley & Aylward, C.1917 Newly Listed Three Thai Paratrooper Jump BadgesIn pickled brass, maker marked "STANLEY & AYLWARD TORONTO" on the reverse, measuring 41. 5 mm (w) x 50. 8 mm (h), both lugs and pin intact, contact marks, better than very fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Manitoba with mobilization headquarters at Winnipeg under the authority of G. O. 48, May 1, 1917. The Battalion sailed October 6, 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel G. H. Nicholson with a strength of 4 officers and 175 other