A Set of Five Royal Canadian Air Force Shoulder Boards

Item #C4462

$31
Air Commodore Shoulder Board (wide rank stripe in light blue and black embroidery indicative of the rank of Air Commodore, grayish-blue wool covering on both sides, on a stiff convex frame, gilt King's crown RCAF insignia button with a brass core at the neck end, the button maker marked "Wm. SCULLY, LTD. MONTREAL" on the reverse, leather strap with a black finished upper for uniform attachment sewn in place on the reverse, 64 mm x 160 mm); Wing Commander Shoulder Board (three rank stripes in light blue and black embroidery indicative of the rank of Wing Commander, grayish-blue wool covering on both sides, on a stiff convex frame, gilt King's crown RCAF insignia button with a brass core at the neck end, the button marked "GAUNT LONDON" on the reverse, leather strap with a black finished upper for uniform attachment sewn in place on the reverse, 60 mm x 150 mm); QEII No. 1 Dress for Air Marshals and Air Chief Marshals Shoulder Board (gold-coloured and silver bullion interlaced with gold-coloured sequins, the crown with red felt and touches of red, blue and green embroidery in its base, touches of red embroidery in the lion's tongue, touches of black embroidery on the crown and defining the eagle's eye and lion's face, grayish-blue cloth covering on a stiff convex base, gilt RCAF insignia button with a brass core held in place at the neck end via a screwpost and brass disk, the button marked "MADE IN ENGLAND" on the reverse, the board with two hooks on the reverse for uniform attachment, steel blue nylon backer, 56 mm x 148 mm); and QEII No. 1 Dress for Officers of Air Rank Shoulder Board Pair (gold-coloured and silver bullion interlaced with gold-coloured sequins, the crown with red felt and touches of red, blue and green embroidery in its base, touches of black embroidery in the base of the crown and defining the eagle's wings, grayish-blue cloth covering on a stiff convex base, gilt RCAF insignia buttons with brass cores in place at the neck end, each of the buttons maker marked "GAUNT LONDON" on their reverses, each board with two hooks on the reverse for uniform attachment, black nylon backers, 56 mm x 150 mm each). Extremely fine.