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Metadata
Object ID # |
2007.054.002 |
Object Name |
Pin, Membership |
Other Name |
Pin, Service |
Title |
Canadian Red Cross Society Service Pin (1947) |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Date |
1947 |
Made |
Birks-Ellis |
Place of Origin |
Toronto, Ontario |
Description |
Enamelled Canadian Red Cross Society Service pin. The obverse side has a red-enamelled brass top rectangular bar with "SERVICE" written in the brass. Suspended from this with a jump ring is a circular red and white-enamelled brass pendant. The pendant has "CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY" in brass letters in circular fashion around the red perimeter ring, while the mid area has a red cross in a white circle. The back side of the pin is engraved "1947 / Mrs. J. E. Harrison" . There is also a maker's mark (likely Birks-Ellis, Sterling) on the back. 4 cm long, pendant area is 2.6 cm in diameter, top bar is 2.7 cm. 0.5 cm thick at the pinstem. |
Makers mark |
Impressed with what looks like "BIRKS ELLIS" and "STERLING". |
Provenance |
Manufactured by Birks-Ellis in Toronto. This item was presented in 1947 to Rebecca Harrison (née Pratt) of Owen Sound, Grey County, in recognition of her volunteer war work during and after the Second World War. She was a liaison worker with the Red Cross. Her work included helping war brides, and helping to organize hard-to-find items for parcels to send to POWs. She belonged to the Earl Grey Chapter of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire, and married her husband (J. E. Harrison) in 1904. Her obituary mentioned that she was a Past Regent of the Earl Grey I.O.D.E. She died in October of 1968. It was last owned by her daughter-in-law Catherine R. Harrison (née Young). |
Collection |
Organizational/Government Collection |
Material |
Brass/Enamel |
Dimensions |
H-0.5 W-2.7 L-4 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Harrison, Catherine Harrison, James E. Harrison, Rebecca |
Subjects |
World War II Women War work Volunteers Insignia The Red Cross |
Search Terms |
Canadian Red Cross Society |
Function |
A pin presented to a lady after the war, in recognition for her Red Cross work during and after the Second World War (1939-1945). |