PIN

Description: ROUND PIN. IN CENTRE OF PIN IS A RECTANGLE WITH "1515" ETCHED INTO IT. THIS IS SURROUNDED BY A YELLOW CIRCLE. AT TOP OF CIRCLE IS A GREEN BANNER THAT READS "ALBERTA"; AT BOTTOM OF CIRCLE READS "1941". SURROUNDING YELLOW CIRCLE, IN GREEN IS "LICENSED CHAUFFEUR". AT TOP OF CIRCLE IS THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA'S COAT OF ARMS. BACK OF PIN HAS A BRASS, SCREW-ON FASTENER.

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 BADGE WAS USED BY KNIGHT PRIOR TO HIS ENLISTMENT IN THE ARMED FORCES. KNIGHT DROVE COMMERCIAL TRUCKS AND IMPLEMENTS FROM 1937-39 AND FROM 1946 TO 1950. HE, HIS SIBLINGS (49%) AND FATHER (51%) ALSO OWNED AN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT DEALERSHIP IN WOOLFORD, AB – E. OF CARDSTON. KNIGHT’S FATHER BOUGHT HIS SONS OUT WHEN THEY ENLISTED IN THE CANADIAN FORCES DURING WWII. AFTER THE WAR, KNIGHT RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS REQUIRED TO DRIVE MACHINERY NORTH. HE ESTIMATES HE DROVE INTO LETHBRIDGE AT LEAST EIGHT TIMES A WEEK. KNIGHT STATED THAT COMMERCIAL DRIVERS REQUIRED LICENSES. HE WORE HIS LICENSE ON THE FRONT OF A PEAKED CAP. SEE RECORD P20000036001-GA FOR DONOR BIOGRAPHY AND BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FSSF.