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OBJECT TYPE: Appointment/framed
DATE: 1943
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2310.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: RCAF
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: 17280
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD FRAME; GLASS PANEL; PAPER CERTIFICATE; CARD STOCK BACKING; STEEL NAILS; FABRIC HANGING STRING

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 42.7 cm
Width: 33.0 cm
Height: 2.9 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Worldwide
State/Province: Unknown
Period: WWII (1939-1945)
Canada: Unknown
Function: CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT TO COMMISSION AS OFFICER IN RCAF
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Text: [illegible]/[illegible]17280/George the Sixth, by the Grace of God,/of great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas King,/Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, &c./To Our Trusty and well beloved Jack Brunt Greetings/We, reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, courage and good Conduct, do by these/Presents Constitute and Appoint you to be an Officer in Our Active Air Force of our Dominion/of Canada from the Twenty-third day of March 1943. You are therefore carefully/and diligently to discharge your Duty as such in the Rank of Pilot Officer or in/such other Rank as We may from time to time hereafter be plased to promote or appoint you to of/which a notification will be made in the Canada Gazette, or in such other manner as may for/ the time being be prescribed by Us in Council, and you are in such manner and on such occasions as may/be prescribed by Us to exercise and will discipline, both the inferior Officers, and other ranks serving/under you and use your best endeavours to keep them in good Order and Discipline. And We/do hereby Command them to Obey you as their superior Officer, and you to observe and follow such/Orders and Directions as from time to time you shall receive from Us, or any your superior Officer,/according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in pursuance of the Trust hereby reposed in you./In Witness Whereof Our Governor General of Our Dominion of Canada/hath hereunto set his hand and Seal at Our Government House in the City of Ottawa/this Twenty-fifth day of August in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand/Nine Hundred and Forty-three and in the Seventh/Year of Our Reign/By Command of His Excellency The Governor General/James A. Sharpe W/C. Air Secretary for/Minister of National Defence for Air/ Pilot Officer Jack Brunt/Royal Canadian Air Force/Special Reserve".
Missing: N/A
Finish: BLACK LETTERING ON WHITE/BEIGE BACKGROUND; BROWN FRAME; CLEAR GLASS
Decoration: ROYAL SEAL STAMPED INTO PAPER UPPER LEFT

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Unknown Manufacturer, Certificate, 1943, Artifact no. 1992.2310, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2310.001/

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