Canada. A Lot of Eight Government Approved Military Samples
Canada; Memorial Cross Case (hardshelled, Canadian coat-of arms on the lid, slotted medal bed, 65.5 mm x 84.5 mm x 21 mm, tag with a wax seal on a swatch patch attached via a pink cord bearing the Royal Canadian Air Force insignia, seal inscribed "SEALED PATTERN / ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE", tag inscribed "CANADIAN FORCES SEALED PATTERN / Approved by DG Dean Capt DC 4 / Sealed by SJ Bowers Capt, Director of Ceremonial", dated February 14, 1969); Canadian Para Rescue Sleeve Insignia (yellow, white, red, maroon and orange embroidery, on a black wool base, padded, black cotton backer, 50 mm x 55 mm, copper wire fed through its base with a lead seal marked "392", attached to a tag inscribed "Approved by LC Goldsmith DCGEM 2-4-3 / Sealed by G Gervais DCGEM 4-3-3", dated February 15, 1984); Royal Canadian Air Force Navigator "N" Wing (red, white and brown embroidery, on a black wool base, black cotton mesh backer, 50 mm x 93 mm, wax seal on a swatch patch attached via a pink cord, seal inscribed "SEALED SAMPLE / NATIONAL DEFENCE CANADA", accompanied by a black and white sketch of the badge, dated June 1955); Officer's Crown Insignia (silver, with support plate, lugs and pin intact, 25.5 mm x 26.3 mm, tag with a wax seal on a swatch patch attached via a pink cord, seal inscribed "SEALED PATTERN / MILITIA & DEFENCE CANADA", tag signed by the Senior Inspector of Textile Products, dated May 7, 1923); two Officer's Pip Insignias (silver, both lugs intact, 21.8 mm x 22 mm each, both with a tag with a wax seal on a swatch patch attached via a pink cord, both seals inscribed "SEALED PATTERN / MILITIA & DEFENCE CANADA", both tags signed by the Senior Inspector of Textile Products, dated May 7, 1923); Royal Canadian Air Force Swatch Patch (wax seal bearing the Royal Canadian Air Force insignia affixed, seal inscribed "SEALED PATTERN / ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE", 45 mm, the swatch attached to a tag via a pink cord, the tag designated "Hook, Belt, 1967, Jacket, Canadian Forces Uniform", tag inscribed "CANADIAN FORCES SEALED PATTERN / Approved by CDS / Sealed by N Howarth, Director of Ceremonial", dated June 10, 1968); and Royal Canadian Air Force Swatch Patch (wax seal bearing the Royal Canadian Air Force insignia affixed, seal inscribed "SEALED PATTERN / ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE", 50 mm x 63 mm, without tag, undated, in a protective plastic case). Accompanied by a colour photograph of a similar type Royal Air Force approval tag with wax seal on a swatch, for an RAF eagle.Extremely fine.

