A Rare Canadian Police Officer's Helmet Badge Designed For The 1937 Coronation Hold Laurel Hill

Laurel Hill

Knight's First Class - Made in GOLD and enamels

80th Battalion (Belleville

with independent Oak Leaf Clasp

A Rare Canadian Police Officer's Helmet Badge Designed For The 1937 Coronation Hold Laurel HillFinely produced in bronze gilt maple leaf base, beaver and crown insignia along with "CANADA" in silver affixed to the base, maker marked "J. R. GAUNT MONTREAL" and marked "MADE IN ENGLAND" on the reverse, 74. 8 mm x 86. 5 mm, both lugs intact, extremely fine. Footnote: Never seen on the market, this badge was possibly used at the 1937 Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, as it is usual that "CANADA" would have been placed on the badge.