Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1968.056.031abc |
Object Name |
Badge, Military |
Other Name |
Badge, Sleeve |
Title |
Wound Stripe |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Year Range from |
1914 |
Year Range to |
1918 |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Canada |
Description |
This is a military badge item that is called a "Wound Stripe" or "The Wounded Stripe". It is a sort of brass bar pin, with a ridged two row stripe that is seen on the exterior of a man's sleeve, while the backing piece is hidden. The set is secured with a brass split pin. Due to the size of the pieces, there is just a single jeweller's tag with the catalogue number attached. The backing piece lacks any stamped lettering. |
Makers mark |
None |
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 |
Brass |
Dimensions |
W-1.3 L-6 D-1 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) Military medicine |
Function |
In the First World War, a wounded stripe (brass) was worn on the man's lower sleeve area (a short end positioned towards the cuff). It provided visual recognition that he had been wounded previously. |