Original Canadian WWII 106th Coastal Artillery Battery Signed & Painted Softball by Spalding - 1944 Champions of “Botwoob” Area Gift Card with the rank of captain

with the rank of captain

with overall wear with some flaking

Apparently still in use with jet pilots in the 1950's and 60's

with most of the factory edge

like much of the material used in the film

Original Canadian WWII 106th Coastal Artillery Battery Signed & Painted Softball by Spalding - 1944 Champions of “Botwoob” Area Gift Card with the rank of captainOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is an outstanding painted softball used by the 106th Canadian Coast Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery, who were the 1944 Champions of the Botwoob (Botwood) Area in Newfoundland. The softball is faintly marked with the Spalding logo along with K of C which would denote the Knights of Columbus which is active in Canada. The baseball is also marked with the V (dot, dot, dot, dash) symbol, which became one of the most