Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1968.056.024 |
Object Name |
Insignia, Shoulder |
Other Name |
Badge, Military |
Title |
Officer's Pip |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Year Range from |
1914 |
Year Range to |
1918 |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Canada |
Description |
A square-shaped, embroidered textile military rank badge. It has a dark brown, dark beige, and orange-coloured pattern. |
Provenance |
The item belonged to one of the three McFaul brothers of Owen Sound, Grey County. Two of the brothers were Lieutenants in the First World War. It next belonged to Robert Cecil McFaul of Owen Sound, Ontario. He served in 1918 with the 1st Tank Battalion during the First World War. He survived the war and returned to Owen Sound, where he assisted his father at the McFaul Grocery store, until it was sold in 1934, and then he became an insurance agent in town. After his death in 1965, the item subsequently belonged to his wife, Winnifred McFaul (neé King). |
Collection |
Military, 20th-c Collection |
Material |
Fabric/Embroidery Thread/Dye |
Dimensions |
W-3 L-3 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
McFaul, R. C. McFaul, Wesley Clarence McFaul, William Lawrence |
Subjects |
World War I (First World War/The Great War) |
Function |
A military insignia item, that would be sewn onto a uniform's shoulder area. Called a "pip" (an epaulette item, denoting rank). One pip was a Second Lieutenant, two identified a Lieutenant, and three identified a Captain. |