Canada. An Rcaf No. 7 Air Observer School At Portage La Prairie Instructor's Badge, Very Scarce Archive 3rd Class for Five Years'

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

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

this dagger features a 270 mm-long magnetic metal blade with semi-sharpened edges and a sharpened tip

marked "STERLING" along with the Canadian silver standard mark on the reverse of the face plate

This wallet came from his estate

Canada. An Rcaf No. 7 Air Observer School At Portage La Prairie Instructor's Badge, Very Scarce Archive 3rd Class for Five Years'Canada; 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