1st Canadian Parachute Battalion Cap Badge (Replica). Other Ranks' brown plastic (bakelite) cap badge (it also existed in brass). Description: An open parachute between two wings with the tips vertical, at the junction of the shroud lines, five conventional maple leaves, the whole resting upon a scroll inscribed CANADIAN PARACHUTE CORPS. The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion was formed in July 1942 during the Second World War; it served in North West Europe. Landing in Normandy on D Day, June 6, 1944 and in the airborne assault crossing of the River Rhine, Operation Varsity. After the end of hostilities in Europe, the Battalion was returned to Canada where it was disbanded on 30 September 1945.