Canada, CEF. A Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Cap Badge United Republic of Scarce and very desirable

Scarce and very desirable

1934 by Emperor Kang Teh of Manchuria

II Class with two stripes on the ribbon

Tamgha-i-Diffa/General Service Medal 1947

(Kyokujitsu_sho / 旭日小綬章)

Canada, CEF. A Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Cap Badge United Republic of Scarce and very desirableIn pickled copper, unmarked, voided, measures 32 mm (w) x 44. 3 mm (h), intact lugs on reverse, remains in very fine condition. Footnote: The Canadian Army Medical Corps, already part of Canada's small regular force and non permanent active militia at the start of the war, was part of the vanguard of troops that went overseas and among the first to enter into battle. The corps was instrumental in inoculating the entire Canadian force against typhoid