Canada, Commonwealth. A Lot of Thirteen Trans-Canada Air Lines Items
Includes:
1. Cap Badge (in sterling silver, maker marked "SCULLY LTD. MONTREAL" on the reverse, measuring 45.3 mm (w) x 50.8 mm (h), dual screwbacks).
2. two Crew Badges (in gilt metal, maker marked "SCULLY LTD. MONTREAL" on the reverse, measuring 32.5 mm (w) x 35.5 mm (h) each, both with dual screwback posts, both with one with screwback affixed).
3. Crew Uniform Lapel Wing Badge (in gilt metal, maker marked "SCULLY LTD. MONTREAL" on the reverse, measuring 68.5 mm (w) x 19.7 mm (h), dual screwback posts, one with a screwback affixed).
4. two Large Buttons (in sterling silver with a brass core, maker marked "Wm SCULLY LTD. MONTREAL" on their reverses, measuring 23.3 mm in diameter each, intact loops, one exhibiting residue).
5. seven Small Buttons (in sterling silver with a brass core, maker marked "Wm SCULLY LTD. MONTREAL" on their reverses, measuring 16.5 mm in diameter each, intact loops, one exhibiting residue).
Ranging from near fine to better than very fine.
Footnote: Trans-Canada Air Lines (also known as TCA in English, and Air Canada in French) was a Canadian airline that operated as the country's flag carrier. With heavy involvement from C.D. Howe, a senior minister in the Mackenzie King cabinet, TCA was created by the Crown Corporation Canadian National Railway (CNR), and launched its first flight on September 1, 1937, on a flight between Vancouver and Seattle. An air-mail contract with Canada Post was one of the methods by which TCA was financed. Its corporate headquarters were in Montreal, Quebec, with its first president being Gordon Roy McGregor. In 1964, an Act of Parliament proposed by Jean Chrétien changed the name of Trans-Canada Air Lines to "Air Canada", which was already in use as the airline's French-language name, effective January 1, 1965. In English-language contexts, the airline operated as TCA from 1937 to 1965, when it was renamed Air Canada.