A D-Day Lieutenant Colonel 3rd Anti-Tank Regiment; Royal Canadian Artillery Shoulder Strap
Acquired directly from the family of a Canadian D-Day veteran: Strap fabricated from wool with a green tinge to the darker khaki colour, giving it that distinctive Canadian-look, shoulder flash with red embroidered lettering on navy blue wool inscribed "3 A/T RCA" sewn in place at the neck end, three-colour embroidered crown and pip in the centre, reinforced button hole at the shoulder end, 70 mm x 136 mm, severed at the neck end, extremely fine. Footnote: The 3rd Anti-Tank Regiment served as part of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division during the Second World War, along with the 12th Field Regiment, the 13th Field Regiment, the 14th Field Regiment and the 4th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment.

