1750. (officer cap insignia) Royal Canadian Navy Regulating Branch and Naval Police c.1914-1952.
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1750. (officer cap insignia) Royal Canadian Navy Regulating Branch and Naval Police c.1914-1952.
1750. (officer cap insignia) Royal Canadian Navy Regulating Branch And Naval Police c.1914-1952. Lovely original Royal Canadian Navy Regulating Branch And Naval Police cap insignia on 1 ¾” cap band. Officer pattern cap badges were worn by all officers from the rank of Warrant Officer to Admiral. They were worn on the officer’s pattern cap, and a smaller version was worn on a navy blue beret. Painted representations of the officer’s cap badge were sometimes worn on the steel helmet. Prior to 1952, the pattern of Crown was the Tudor or “King’s Crown” as seen here. In 1952, with the accession of Queen Elizabeth II, the pattern of Crown was changed to the St. Edwards or “Queens Crown”. King’s Crown badges continued in wear for several years. See http://mpmuseum.org/index3.html . This insignia belonged to a man named Eric, who was born on the Island of Man in UK. He sailed as the Second Engineer on the Phantom (Guiness’s yacht), which was interred in Seattle at the beginning of WW2 and sat at anchor at the Seattle Yacht Club for a couple of years. After he spent a short time in Canada servicing lighthouses as an engineer he took a commission in the Canadian Navy and sailed on the minesweeper HMCS Digby as Chief Engineer. The insignia is from his working Blue uniform and the gold thread has the tarnished look. Insignia measures about 2 ½” h x 3” w. Quite nice collectible. (VG+). $44.