Canada. A Lot of Eight Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Air Marshal/Air Chief Marshal Uniform Accessories
Includes: two Shoulder Boards, two Dress Belts, two Dress Straps, two Service Belts, and Aiguillettes. QEII No. 1 Dress for Air Marshals and Air Chief Marshals Shoulder Board Pair (in silvered and gold-coloured bullion interlaced with gold-coloured sequins, red felt in the void of the crown, touches of red, blue and green embroidery in the base of the crown, touches of red embroidery in the lion's tongue, touches of black threading giving definition to the crown, the eagle's eye and lion's face, grayish-blue wool 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 board with three hooks on the reverse for uniform attachment, the underside in steel blue nylon, measuring 56 mm (w) x 148 mm (h) each); Dress Belt (upper in azure blue cotton, with four rows of piping in fine gold-coloured bullion wire, the two wide bands of piping in the centre trimmed in salmon-coloured embroidery on the two outer edges, the underside also in azure blue cotton, bronze gilt belt buckle with intact clip placed on the right end, the buckle bearing the RCAF eagle surmounted by the Queen's crown, with the inscription "AD ARDUA AD ASTRA" below and surrounded by a wreath of laurel leaves, bronze gilt receiving clip placed on the left end, the belt measuring 50 mm in width x 1,080 mm in length, two velcro fabric length adjustment pads placed on the underside at both ends, to allow the belt to be folded over for display purposes); two Service Belts (both in a navy blue nylon-cotton blend, the right end with a dual-prong brass buckle, with two smooth-finished black leather length adjustment straps on the belt, one of which is permanently stitched in place beside the buckle where the belt folds over to the underside, the other able to slide along the belt, the left end with seven rows of two reinforced holes each, with a 45 mm wide x 183 mm long leather reinforced patch stitched in place on the underside, waist size stamped in white ink "32 34" beside the patch, two wide smooth-finished black leather straps on the right hip side of the belt, each with a rectangular brass bracket, one of which houses a large brass hook, each belt measuring 45 mm in width x 860 mm in length); two Dress Straps (one short and one long, both with the upper incorporating an 18 mm wide band in fine gold-coloured bullion wire, the sides and underside in azure blue finished leather; one end of the short strap with an oval buckle bearing the image of two lion's heads, the strap with three reinforced holes for length adjustment, an additional large leather loop held in place via a rivet on the underside, the other end with a brass rectangular bracket with loop housing a large brass hook, the other end of the bracket with a shorter strap folded over and held in place by a rivet, measuring 23 mm in width x 490 mm in length; one end of the long strap with an oval buckle bearing the image of two lion's heads, the strap with five reinforced holes for length adjustment, an additional large leather loop held in place via a rivet on the underside, the other end with a brass rectangular bracket, the other end of the bracket with a shorter strap folded over and held in place by a rivet, measuring 23 mm in width x 870 mm in length); and Aiguillettes (cord is fabricated from fine gold-coloured bullion wire, in a thatched-pattern, wrapped around a orange-brown embroidered core, the cord divided into three strands that protrude from six entry points on a central patch that rests upon the shoulder of the wearer, the one cord is braided, with brass tips, ball caps on the tips with a mesh cap in fine twisted gold-coloured wire, each of the tips bearing the image of an axe-bearing fasces and measuring 130 mm in length). Near extremely fine.

