Original Canadian WWII 1st Medium Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery, 1st Canadian Army Group Battledress Uniform Jacket with Period-Applied Insignia Conflict History of the 42nd Infantry

History of the 42nd Infantry Division in WWI:

The scabbard is made of fine brown leather

which we have left intact to preserve the lovely patina of age

Top of the barrel still has the correct Series I manufacturer engraving from before the company address moved to Newark

SPALDING & BROS

Original Canadian WWII 1st Medium Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery, 1st Canadian Army Group Battledress Uniform Jacket with Period-Applied Insignia Conflict History of the 42nd InfantryOriginal Item. Only One Available. The 1st Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery was one of six Canadian medium artillery regiments that served in the European Theatre of World War II. Medium regiments were armed with 5. 5 inch and 4. 5 inch guns. The adjutant of the 1st Medium Regiment, RCA, was Captain Horace Trites; Trites was mentioned in dispatches in Italy. Trites and gun position officer (GPO) Lieutenant 'Buck' Buchanan later became pilots