General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

10k gold and enamel

Dimensions

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

Length

1.8 cm

Width

N/A

Height

1.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Clothing

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Birks

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

November 21, 1967

Canada

Trans Canada Airlines (TCA) was formed by the Canadian National Railways. They launched their first flight on September 1, 1937, between Vancouver and Seattle. Throughout the next 25 years, TCA became Canada's national airline, and on January 1, 1965, TCA changed their name to Air Canada. This particular pin is fastened to a cardboard with other TCA pins. The text on the cardboard was written by Mr. Lalande and by Mr. Hal Walker, both from TCA/ Air Canada. The cardboard is dated November 21, 1967 and it has 14 pins attached to it with a brief note as to relevance of each pin. It seems as though there are maybe 10 pins missing, since there are annotations and holes where a pin would have been.

Function

Air Canada pin commemorating employees' 25 years of service.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Embossed "25"/ Embossed on back reads: "[Birks logo with a "B" in the centre]/ 10 k"/

Missing

N/A

Finish

10K gold pin with a maple leaf (for Air Canada) embossed in the centre of the maple leaf and "25" at the tail/ Post with pressure fastener

Decoration

Pin is in the form of a plane with "25" at the tail and a maple leaf in the centre of the circle for Air Canada