Canada. A Contemporary Caterpillar Club Lapel Pin Archive then with Witswater Gold Mines

then with Witswater Gold Mines and Hollinger Gold Mines in "Sampling" from 1926 to 1928

the announcement appearing in the London Gazette 25790 of Friday

with original signature of Croatian Colonel Stimakovic

vertical pinback (slightly loose)

Instituted by the Khedive of Egypt

Canada. A Contemporary Caterpillar Club Lapel Pin Archive then with Witswater Gold MinesIn metal with a bronze coloured finish, red enamels representing the caterpillar's eyes, measuring 19. 5 mm (w) x 4. 7 mm (h), two raised posts for uniform attachment, intact enamels, extremely fine. Footnote: These pins were awarded (on request) from parachute companies to pilots who successfully bailed out of airplanes. It was called "hitting the silk". Parachutes were made of silk, caterpillars make silk, and most of the pins were shaped like