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OBJECT TYPE: Retirement
DATE: 1970
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2008.0138.001

MANUFACTURER: Canadian Forces Headquarters Sergeants' Mess
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Paper.

Dimensions

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

Length: 43.0 cm
Width: 35.1 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: Blank form to be filled out & presented to recipient on the occasion of their retirement by fellow members of RCAF Sergeants' Mess; appears to lampoon loss of RCAF autonomy in light of recent Canadian Forces integration and resulting early retirements.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Lettering printed on certificate reads: "[insignia]/Canadian forces headquarters/R.C.A.F. Sergeants' Mess/To our Trusty and Well Beloved/[blank]/Greetings/Whereas; you have been selected, by virtue of your eminent/qualifications/To Wit; your age, experience, handsome appearance and/other qualifications too numerous for exact/mention herein,/And Whereas; you have laboured and endured long and/faithfully, not only in the fruitful vineyard but/of late, in the rocky field of integration/whereon to all of us was lost our sovereignty./Be It Therefore Known to all whom these presents shall/come that our trusty and well beloved [blank]/leaves our assemblage with our sincere thanks, with our good/wishes for a long and happy retirement, and with our fondest hopes/that he shall prosper well and truly in whatsoever he may undertake./given under our hand and seal by the authority/vested in us, for, by, and on behalf of the/members of the CFHQ Sergeants' Mess - - -/this [blank] day of [blank]/[blank]/President/Mess Committee"
Missing: N/A
Finish: Balck printed or photocopied text on white sheet.
Decoration: RCAF insignia at top centre.

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Canadian Forces Headquarters Sergeants' Mess, Certificate, circa 1970, Artifact no. 2008.0138, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2008.0138.001/

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