WWII 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion Beret Badge
Scarce original in stamped copper with UK style twin posts on reverse with cotter pin intact.
Unissued condition as was found at the site of a wartime Canadian Airborne Base.
$250.00 SOLD

The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion the airborne infantry of the Canadian Army. Formed in July 1942, Though a Canadian Army formation, it was assigned to the British 3rd Parachute Brigade, 6th Airborne Division.
The Canadian paratroopers fought in Northwest Europe, landing in Normandy on D-Day during Operation Tonga and served in Operation Varsity, the airborne assault crossing of the River Rhine in March 1945. Disbanded with the war’s end, the Canadian paratrooper’s legacy was one of having never failed to complete a mission. They are the only Canadians to participate in the Battle of the Bulge and had advanced deeper than any other Canadian unit into enemy territory.