BELT

Description: BLACK LEATHER BELT. AT ONE END IS A SILVER METAL CLASP WITH TWO BOLTS IN THE LEATHER. AT THE OTHER END THERE IS A BRASS METAL CLASP WITH A NAZI SWASTIKA AND GERMAN EAGLE INSIDE A WREATH.

History: THIS BELT CAME INTO THE DONORS POSSESSION APPROXIMATELY 10 YEARS AGO, GIVEN BY HER FATHER IN LAW TO HER HUSBAND. THE FATHER IN LAW WAS DEAN MCMULLIN. DEAN MCMULLIN SERVED IN FRANCE AND ITALY, AND BROUGHT BACK THIS BELT AS A SOUVENIR. NEVER DISPLAYED WHILE IN HIS POSSESSION, THE DONOR AND HUSBAND DECIDED TO DONATE IT TO THE MUSEUM. *UPDATE* IN 2012 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT DAVID SMITH CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS. HE LEARNED THE FOLLOWING: DEAN WITT MCMULLIN WAS BORN IN 1931 IN RAYMOND ALBERTA. ACCORDING TO THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, MCMULLIN PASSED AWAY ON MAY 28, 1991 AT THE AGE OR 80 YEARS OLD. EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO CONTACT MCMULLIN’S THREE SONS (ROGER, DOUG, AND BRUCE) ALL OF WHICH RESIDE IN LETHBRIDGE. FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING SERVICE RECORDS, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE.