General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Promotional bar of soap used within the RCAF.

Dimensions

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

Length

3.7 cm

Width

6.0 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Unknown

Category

N/A

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Colgate Palmolive

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Prince Edward Island

Period

Unknown

Canada

This material belonged to a late member of the Canadian armed forces who served at least part of his career in Prince Edward Island. Ce matériel appartenait à un membre des forces armées canadiennes qui a été stationné à l'île du Prince Édouard.

Function

Promotional bar of soap used within the RCAF. Barre de savon promotionnelle utilisée parmi l'ARC.

Technical

The soap itself does not hold much technical significance. However, its importance lies in the fact it belonged first-hand to someone who served in the Canadian armed forces. Le savon en tant que tel n'a pas d'importance technique. Cela dit, son importance est dans le fait qu'il appartenait de première main à quelqu'un qui était dans les Forces armées canadiennes.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

On main surface of the bar of soap: " 5 AIR MOVEMENTS UNIT /. RCAF /. PALMOLIVE /. MARVILLE, FRANCE " On the other side of the bar: " TIREZ ICI /. MARQUE EXCLUSIVE /. PALMOLIVE / MADE IN FRANCE "

Missing

Appears complete

Finish

Small bar of soap wrapped in a green cardboard paper. Wrapper has black and yellow text. The corners of the wrapper have some wear and tear. Petite barre de savon enveloppé dans un papier carton vert. L'emballage a de l'écriture noire et jaune. Les coins de l'emballage a de l'usure normale.

Decoration

N/A