two silvered aluminum rank pips attached to each board with all prongs fully intact
on loop for suspension from a pentagonal backplate with horizontal pinback
through marriages and inheritance
" (American ship Somers lost off Vera Cruz)
with a slatted an depressed emerald green velvet medal bed
Canada, Commonwealth. A Rare Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Navigator/Bombardier Wing United Republic of two silvered aluminum rank pipsIn ash brown and white embroidery, with touches of red and green embroidery in the base of the crown, on a black wool base, exhibiting intricate detail throughout, with a black mesh cotton backer, illustrating the letters "NB" within an open ended wreath in the centre, surmounted by the King's crown and flanked by wings on either side, measuring 122 mm (w) x 45 mm (h), very light wear, near extremely fine. Footnote: During the Second World War, the