Canada. Two Qeii Royal Canadian Engineers Busby Plumes Auction first roughly sketched in pencil

first roughly sketched in pencil and then coloured in watercolour

There were 832 members of the Royal Rifles of Canada who were imprisoned in prisoner of war camps in Hong Kong and Japan

Constructed of silvered and patinated metal alloy

29 mm x 54

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Canada. Two Qeii Royal Canadian Engineers Busby Plumes Auction first roughly sketched in pencilFirst Busby Badge has a 50 mm in diameter brass ball, bearing a bronze gilt voided Royal Canadian Engineers insignia, with the St. Edward Crown, a brass flame affixed to the neck of the base tubing above the insignia, a slider attached to the tubing at the rear and maker marked "FIRMIN LONDON", white plume protruding from the grenades flame and secured in place via a black cord in the tube, the plume with a silvered restraining ring, measuring 210 mm