General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

paper certificate; glass; wooden frame; steel hanging hardware; backing possibly leatherette [?]

Dimensions

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

Length

45.5 cm

Width

30.2 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

2.6 cm

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Commemorative

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

CAHF

Country

Canada

State/Province

Alberta

City

Wetaskiwin

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

certificate presented in 1972

Canada

Mr. A.G. Simms was a pilot in Ferry Command between 1942 & 1945 during WWII; he worked as a pilot for a number of airlines in Canada, including the far north. These included Commercial Airways Ltd. before the war from at least 1929, and Canadair & Pacific Western Airlines after the war until at least 1974/ one of signatories is C.H. "Punch" Dickins, famed Canadian aviator & member of Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame

Function

display; souvenir; presented to Mr. A.G. (Tim) Simms

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

lettering on certificate reads: ""To All and Singular to whom/these presents shall come, the/Senior Companions of the/Order of Icarus/send greetings: whereas/A.G. SIMS Esq/has given full measure of his/aeronautical skills and knowledge/to the advancement of manned/flight with unflagging zeal and/exemplary action, he is in the Year/of Our Lord 1972 named to this/honourable Order to rank as/Companion with his peers;/entitled to wear as a decoration the/insignia of the Order and to place/after his name the initials C.O.I./Given at Ottawa, Canada, by the Senior/Companions whose seals are below affixed/[seal] [signed] CH Dickins [seal] [illegible signature] [seal] [illegible signature]"; lettering on adhesive laben on back reads: "ROLLAND PICTURE FRAME/OIL PAINTINGS/FRAMING & RESTORING/2350 GUY ST. - MONTREAL"

Missing

N/A

Finish

predom. black text (some gold, upper case in red) on white background; 3 red wax seals at bottom; cherry coloured frame

Decoration

raised images on wax seals: 1) lion atop crown, 2) front view bird with outstretched wings, 3) side view standing bird