Button, uniform
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- OBJECT TYPE
- military
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0500.001
- MANUFACTURER
- GAUNT, J.R. & SON
- MODEL
- RAF
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- brass
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- 1.5 cm
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 2.4 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Clothing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- GAUNT
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- likely WWII (1939-1945)
- Canada
-
wearer likely received training in BCATP; The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) was administered by the RCAF between 1940 & 1945 to train commonwealth air crew, and was one of Canada's greatest contributions to the allied effort during the second world war. - Function
-
worn on RAF uniform - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- lettering stamped on back reads: "J.R. GAUNT & SON/LONDON"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- brazen
- Decoration
- eagle surmounted by Tudor crown
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GAUNT, J.R. & SON, Button, uniform, circa 1940, Artifact no. 2001.0500, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0500.001/
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