PATCH, MILITARY
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SHOULDER FLASH
- Date Range From
- 1941
- Date Range To
- 1945
- Materials
- DENIM?
- Catalogue Number
- P20000079005
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SHOULDER FLASH
- Date Range From
- 1941
- Date Range To
- 1945
- Materials
- DENIM?
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.1
- Length
- 7.5
- Width
- 6.1
- Description
- HALF OVAL SHAPED. FRONT IS GREEN COLOUR, AND READS "CANADIAN ARMY TRADES SCHOOL" IN BLUE. IN THE CENTER ARE THREE GEARS IN WHITE. BACK OF PATCH IS YELLOWISH.
- Subjects
- PERSONAL SYMBOL
- Historical Association
- MILITARY
- History
- THE DONOR OF THIS ARTIFACT, JOHN LLOYD KNIGHT, SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST SPECIAL SERVICE FORCE (ALSO KNOWN AS THE DEVILS BRIGADE) DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. THIS PATCH IS FROM HAMILTON, WHERE KNIGHT WAS STATIONED BEFORE HE JOINED THE FSSF. SEE RECORD P20000036001-GA FOR DONOR BIOGRAPHY AND BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FSSF.
- Catalogue Number
- P20000079005
- Acquisition Date
- 2001-07
- Collection
- Museum
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