Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1972.003.008 |
Object Name |
Case, Cartridge |
Other Name |
Clip, Cartridge |
Title |
Cartridge Clip |
Lexicon category |
5: T&E For Science & Technology |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Description |
Four .303 cartridges and a tracer cartridge/shell, held together in a black finished metal clip. |
Provenance |
Likely brought home by a Canadian soldier as a souvenir of World War I (1914-1918). Most of the veterans returned to this area in the spring of 1919. Obtained/owned by Oscar Broadhead, of Owen Sound, Grey County at an unknown time. Broadhead had been a member of the 147th Grey (Overseas) Battalion that was raised in Owen Sound, Ontario in 1915. In 1960, he served as the Secretary-Treasurer of the 147th Grey Battalion Association in Owen Sound. |
Collection |
Firearms & Accoutrements, 20th-c Collection |
Material |
Metal |
Dimensions |
W-6.3 L-8.3 D-1.6 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Broadhead, Oscar |
Subjects |
World War I (First World War/The Great War) Ammunition War |
Search Terms |
147th Grey Battalion |
Function |
These are cartridges from the First World War (a type of ammunition used by Canadian soldiers). |