Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1968.056.034 |
Object Name |
Badge, Military |
Title |
CANADA Shoulder Badge |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Place of Origin |
Canada |
Description |
Brass shoulder badge which reads "CANADA". It has a curvation to it and the lettering has voids. It still has its split pin fastener. |
Provenance |
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 |
Metal/Brass |
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) Insignia Military uniforms Military personnel |
Function |
Would be worn in pairs (one per shoulder area) of a Canadian serving during the First World War. The split pin fasteners could be easily withdrawn so that the brass could be polished away from the military tunic, and then easily re-attached. This would have been used by one of the three McFaul brothers from Owen Sound, who served overseas. |