Pin, lapel
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- OBJECT TYPE
- airline/service/25 year
- DATE
- 1964
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2003.0764.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Birks
- MODEL
- Air Canada/25
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
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
- Probably given to Captain James around 1964-65.
- 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. Donated to Air Canada by Captain Jackie James (1938) along with his seniority pins (2003.0758-2003.0765). - 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
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Birks, Pin, lapel, circa 1964, Artifact no. 2003.0764, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2003.0764.001/
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