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OBJECT TYPE: APPOINTMENT
DATE: 1953
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2001.0534.001

MANUFACTURER: Government of Canada
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 122742 W
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper; possibly cloth backing

Dimensions

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

Length: 42.0 cm
Width: 34.3 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Government CA
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Ottawa

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: dated July 31, 1953
Canada: Unknown
Function: certified the granting of a commission
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering printed on document reads: "Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God,/of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Queen,/Defender of the Faith, &c/To Our Trusty and well beloved Norma Eleanor Beattie Greetings/We, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage and good Conduct, do by these/Presents Constitute and Appoint you to be an Officer in Our Royal Canadian AirForce/from the Twenty-sixth day of January 1953/You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge your Duty as such in the Rank of/Pilot Officer or in such other Rank as We may from time to time hereafter be pleased to/promote or appoint you to, and you are in such manner and on such occasions as may be prescribed by/Us to exercise and well discipline, both the inferior Officers, and men serving under you and use/your best endeavours to keep them in good Order and Discipline. And We do hereby Command/them to Obey you as their superior Officer, and you to observe and follow such Orders and Directions/as from time to time you shall receive from Us, of any your superior Officer, according to Law, in/pursuance of the Trust hereby reposed in you./In Witness of Our Governor General of Canada/hath hereunto set his hand and Seal at Our Government House in the City of Ottawa/this Thirty-first day of July in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand/Nine Hundred and Fifty-three and in the Second/Year of Our Reign/By Command of His Excellency The Governor General/[signed in ink] Brooke Claxton/Minister of National Defence/122742 W/Pilot Officer/Norma Eleanor Beattie/3M-7-52 (7340)"; singature in ink over seal at top left: "Vincent Massey"
Missing: N/A
Finish: black printed lettering on white; blue ink signature
Decoration: seal of Governor-General at upper left; seal of Department of National defence at lower right

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Government of Canada, Certificate, 1953, Artifact no. 2001.0534, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0534.001/

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