Badge, uniform cap
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1940–1945
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0522.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- metal wire embroidered wreath; metal wire & fabric thread embroidered star on unidentified cloth; paper (?) backing
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.4 cm
- Width
- 5.5 cm
- Height
- 1.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Clothing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- likely used by flight school providing training for BCATP during WWII (1939-1945)
- Canada
-
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. Many participants, including instructors, were civilian volunteers organized by the Canadian Flying Clubs Association, who wore distinctive uniforms and insignia. - Function
-
worn on uniform cap - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- character or symbol appears missing form central field
- Finish
- gold wreath & red star on black background
- Decoration
- wreath of laurels surrounding circular central field with 5 point star at top
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Unknown Manufacturer, Badge, uniform cap, between 1940–1945, Artifact no. 2001.0522, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0522.001/
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