WW2 Canadian Army British Columbia Dragoons Cap Badge BIRKS Orders of Chivalry Thailand World War Two period

World War Two period

This example dates from the pre- or early-war period

issued to Wehrmacht personnel who participated in the Annexation of the Sudetenland

Good deep age patina

Softening of detail from service use

WW2 Canadian Army British Columbia Dragoons Cap Badge BIRKS Orders of Chivalry Thailand World War Two periodAn original cap badge of the British Columbia Dragoons. Mobilised in 1940 as a motorcycle unit, converting to the 9th Armoured Regiment in 1941. Fighting in Italy, Northwest Europe, and the Netherlands, they achieved historic breakthroughs at the Hitler and Gothic Lines. 33 x 45 mm. Die stamped gilding metal. Lug mounts. Good age patina to front. Reverse maker marked "Birks". Very good condition.