User:A much better place

Biography

 I am a collector of Militaria, primarily Canadian and British insignia, cloth and metal patches and badges.  I hope to be able to illustrate some of the rarer examples of these in both Wikimedia Commons and where appropriate, related Wikipedia articles.

Sample images of historically significant and rare military insignia

A Canadian Air Force (CAF) pilots wing, circa 1919. Custom gold and silver plated by AVM E.A. Godfrey for his personal use on the CAF dress uniform.

A very high quality bullion version of the Crest Craft patch issued for the Exercise, Operation Muskox

An early Cold War RCAF 409 flight suit patch circa 1955 when the Squadron was based at Comox, BC and flying CF-100's.

An original WWII Flight Engineer's half-wing of the UK ATA (Air Transport Auxiliary)

More to follow!

A much better place (talk) 15:52, 23 November 2022 (UTC)