Canada. A Chaplain Service General Service Cap Badge, By Gaunt Auction Archive with blue wool backing on

with blue wool backing on reverse

They were deployed in all theatres of the war - Between September 27 and November 29

Accompanied by a note in pencil inscribed "I have an RAF flyers pin that was given to me by a young man from Scotland who was a member of the British Air Force during WWI

Below the left crossguard there is a small button-assembly catch

with the dark brown body also exhibiting some contact marks and loss of paint

Canada. A Chaplain Service General Service Cap Badge, By Gaunt Auction Archive with blue wool backing onIn blackened brass, maker marked "J. R. GAUNT LONDON" on the reverse, measuring 44 mm (w) x 48. 5 mm (h), both prongs intact, scratches evident on the reverse, extremely fine. Footnote: Canadian Chaplain Service conducted Sunday services, wrote letters to the relatives of men killed in action and was charged with maintaining both military and spiritual morale.