Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

CAP BAND INSIGNIA

Date Range From

1950

Date Range To

1960

Materials

BRASS

No. Pieces

1

Height

4.3

Length

15.0

Width

0.9

Description

BRASS HAT BAND. CENTER OF BAND CONSISTS OF A MAPLE LEAF WITH A RAISED RECTANGLE IN THE CENTER, WHICH HAS BLUE ENAMEL ON IT DEPICTING 12 SQUARES. ABOVE RECTANGLE IS A QUEEN'S CROWN, AND BELOW IS A BLUE BANNER WITH "CANADA" IN IT. FLANKING MAPLE LEAF ARE THE WORDS "CANADA CUSTOMS" WHICH ARE SUSPENDED BETWEEN TWO STRIPS OF BRASS PAINTED BLACK. BACK OF HATBAND HAS TWO LOOPS (FOR SECURING COTTER PINS). SOME OF BLACK PAINT HAS CHIPPED AWAY.

Subjects

PERSONAL SYMBOL

Historical Association

PROFESSIONS

History

BELONGED TO DONOR'S GRANDMOTHER, ELLEN M. MCLEAN. MRS. MCLEAN WAS A PART-TIME CUSTOMS AGENT AT THE COUTTS BORDER CROSSING BEGINNING IN 1947 AND THROUGH THE 1950S. SHE WAS APPOINTED PERMANENTLY AND FULL-TIME FROM 1960 TO 1965, WHEN SHE RETIRED. SHE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN TO HOLD THAT POSITION AT COUTTS. SHE LATER MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE WHERE HER SON GEORGE "BUD" MCLEAN LIVED WITH HIS WIFE (SEE OTHER DONATIONS IN COLLECTION). SEE PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P20040006014

Acquisition Date

2004-03

Collection

Museum

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