A attractive - albeit regrettably single - British made Canadian Regina Rifles shoulder title A attractive - albeit regrettably single - British made Canadian Regina Rifles shoulder title

A attractive - albeit regrettably single - British made Canadian Regina Rifles shoulder title

This is a attractive - albeit regrettably single - British made Canadian Regina Rifles shoulder title. Details from the regiment were called out on service on 26 August 1939 and then placed on active service on 1 September 1939 as The Regina Rifle Regiment, CASF (Details), for local protection duties. The details called out on active service were disbanded on 31 December 1940. The regiment subsequently mobilized The Regina Rifle Regiment, CASF, for active service on 24 May 1940. It was redesignated the 1st Battalion, The Regina Rifle Regiment, CASF, on 7 November 1940 and embarked for Britain on 24 August 1941. On D-Day, 6 June 1944, it landed in Normandy, France as part of the 7th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, and it continued to fight in North-West Europe until the end of the war. The 1st Battalion was disbanded on 15 January 1946. The title is in a perfect
un-issued condition.

Code: 52119

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