Mark, shoulder
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SOFT/PAIR
- DATE
- 1925
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2000.0096.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- MARINE ENGINEER
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- FABRIC, INCLUDING WOOL.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 9.5 cm
- Width
- 6.5 cm
- Height
- 1.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Marine Transportation
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THESE SHOULDER MARKS WORN SOMETIME DURING PERIOD C. 1925-1973.
- Canada
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SHOULDER MARKS BELONGING TO MARINE ENGINEER EDMOND CASCANETTE (1910-1973), WHO WORKED ABOARD LAKE SHIPS IN CANADA. HIS SON JOHN (JACK) CASCANETTE ALSO TRAINED AS A MARINE ENGINEER, AND WORKED ON FREIGHTERS IN THE GREAT LAKES, AND LATER ON A PASSENGER SHIP CRUISING THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. - Function
-
TO VISUALLY INDICATE RANK OF NAVAL OFFICER, IN THIS CASE A MARINE ENGINEER. - Technical
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SHOULDER MARKS AND SHOULDER BOARDS REPLACED THE ELABORATE EPAULETTES WORN TO INDICATE RANK ON MILITARY AND NAVAL UNIFORMS. BOTH HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING QUICKLY AND EASILY ATTACHED OR CHANGED, AND REMOVED FOR LAUNDERING OR IN ORDER TO PREVENT RECOGNITION BY ENEMY. SOFT MARK STYLE IS SLIPPED OVER JACKET'S SHOULDER TAB. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- No markings visible.
- Missing
- NONE.
- Finish
- BLACK WOOL FABRIC 'SLEEVE' DECORATED BY 3 HORIZONTAL BANDS OF GOLD TRIM, SEPARATED BY NARROW WIDTH OF PURPLE FABRIC; BLACK COTTON (?) LINING.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Mark, shoulder, after 1925, Artifact no. 2000.0096, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0096.001/
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