Canada. An Rcaf No. 7 Air Observer School At Portage La Prairie Instructor's Badge, Very Scarce Archive measuring 30 mm (w) x

measuring 30 mm (w) x 88 mm (l) x 22 mm (h)

3rd Class for Five Years' Service (two-piece construction

" (Gioventù Italiana del Littorio) below

while the left breast has a 97 mm (w) x 53 mm (h) black leather name patch stitched in place

above an inscription of “VOM KOENIGE GESTIFTET 1818” (“INSTITUTED BY THE KING 1818”)

Canada. An Rcaf No. 7 Air Observer School At Portage La Prairie Instructor's Badge, Very Scarce Archive measuring 30 mm (w) xCanada; Bronze gilt with blue enamels, maker marked "McKENZIE CLAY WINNIPEG." on the reverse, 50. 7 mm (w) x 49. 8 mm (h), intact lugs and pin, intact enamels, scattered gilt wear, near extremely fine. Footnote: Approximately only five to six of these badges are known to exist, making in very scarce. Air Observers were later called "Navigators". For recruits in this stream, the training path after the Initial Training School was eight weeks at an Air