Canadian Parachute Corps Challenge Coin?

[RobDekk]

I purchased this as a Canadian Airborne Challenge Coin but when I got it home I realized it's Canadian Parachute Corps. I think I found the original owner....Kenneth Weaver. When were these coins made?

[1stcanpara]

[QUOTE=RobDekk;6788533]I purchased this as a Canadian Airborne Challenge Coin but when I got it home I realized it's Canadian Parachute Corps. I think I found the original owner....Kenneth Weaver. When were these coins made?

I suspect that they were made sometime in the 50s when the battalion association started up.

I can tell you that L/Cpl Ken A Weaver qualified as a parachutist at Ringway in the UK on October 18, 1943. He was with A Company, took part in the D-Day drop and was wounded on June 10, 1944. There are no further records of him with the battalion, so he likely returned to Canada.

Gary

[RobDekk]

Thanks Gary. Same regimental number? Have you seen others like it?

[1stcanpara]

Thanks Gary. Same regimental number? Have you seen others like it?

Yes, same regimental number. Yes, I have had veterans show them to me in the past, but I don't have one in my collection to compare.

[RobDekk]

Thanks once again...much appreciated!!!!