Tray
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Souvenir
- DATE
- 1917
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.1031.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Unidentified cloth (cotton?) embroidery under glass set in wooden frame; brass handles; steel screws.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 55.4 cm
- Width
- 48.6 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- 5.2 cm
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Commemorative
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- WWI (1914-1918); this objected is dated 1917.
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Likely fabricated & sent home as souvenir by member of the Royal Flying Corps. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Embroidered lettering on circular field at centre of insignia reads: "RFC"; embroidered lettering surrounding insignia reads: "SOUVENIR FROM FRANCE/ROYAL FLYING CORPS/1917".
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Multi-coloured insignia; dark blue lettering; brown & tan British army rank stars; black & white embroidered Observer's badge; clear glass; white painted border; brass handles.
- Decoration
- Embroidered Royal flying Corps insignia (laurels; outstretched wings & Tudor crown); embroidered rank stars; Observer's badge consists of embroidered upper case "O" & outstretched wing extending to the right;
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Unknown Manufacturer, Tray, 1917, Artifact no. 1966.1031, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.1031.001/
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