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OBJECT TYPE: positive/print/colour/framed
DATE: 1949
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1993.0436.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: BATTLE OF BRITAIN MEMORIAL WINDOW
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD & GLASS FRAME; PAPER MATTE; METAL HANGING HARDWARE (STEEL HOOKS & COPPER WIRE)

Dimensions

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

Length: 53.8 cm
Width: 40.5 cm
Height: 3.5 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: England
State/Province: Unknown
Period: UNVEILING OF WINDOW TOOK PLACE JAN. 11, 1949; BATTLE OF BRITAIN TOOK PLACE BETWEEN JULY & OCT. 1940
Canada: Unknown
Function: TO COMMEMORATE THE UNVEILING OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN MEMORIAL WINDOW TO HONOUR THE CONTRIBUTION OF ROLLS-ROYCE (DERBY) IN MANUFACTURING AIRPLANE INGINES USED BY THE RAF IN DEFENCE OF BRITAIN
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering on window in photograph reads: "THIS WINDOW COMMEMORATES THE PILOTS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE/WHO IN THEBATTLE OF BRITAIN TURNED THE WORK OF OUR HANDS/INTO THE SALVATION OF OUR COUNTRY"; text of caption below photograph reads: "BATTLE OF BRITAIN MEMORIAL WINDOW/ROLLS-ROYCE, DERBY/Unveiled by Marshal of the Royal Air Force, THE LORD TEDDER, GCB.,DCL.,LL.D./11th January, 1949"
Missing: N/A
Finish: IMAGE IS PREDOM. GOLD, BLUE GREEN & BROWN; WHITE CAPTION, TAN MATTE; LIGHT PINE-COLOURED FRAME
Decoration: IMAGE IS OF BATTLE OF BRITAIN MEMORIAL WINDOW; FEATURES RAF PILOT STANDING ON AIRPLANE PROPELLER; EAGLE BEHIND PILOT'S HEAD WITH SUNBURST AND FACTORY ROOFS IN BACKGROUND

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Unknown Manufacturer, Photograph, circa 1949, Artifact no. 1993.0436, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1993.0436.001/

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