Canada, CEF. A Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Cap Badge Hold two Royal Flying Corps Shoulder

two Royal Flying Corps Shoulder Buttons (bronze

measures 79mm (w) x 143mm (h)

AND HE KNEW A SOLDIER'S DUTY

Gold-coloured gilt with silvering on metal and black enamels

It is further signed in pencil by a Stabsarzt (Staff Doctor) and Company Leader

Canada, CEF. A Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Cap Badge Hold two Royal Flying Corps ShoulderIn pickled copper, unmarked, voided, measures 32 mm (w) x 44. 3 mm (h), intact lugs on reverse, remains in very fine condition. Footnote: The Canadian Army Medical Corps, already part of Canada's small regular force and non permanent active militia at the start of the war, was part of the vanguard of troops that went overseas and among the first to enter into battle. The corps was instrumental in inoculating the entire Canadian force against typhoid