Cap Badge

Item

Title

Cap Badge

Description

brass cap badge of flying bird (albatross) mounted on pressed board with 2 fasteners on reverse

Identifier

005.112.028

Provenance

The "bird" as worn on Air Force insignia and uniforms, has been variously referred to as an eagle or albatross, also an "albatreagle." The RCAF badge is an adaption of the RCAF badge. It was designed in Januaray 1925 and approved by H.M. King George V in February of that same year.

Abstract

Excellent