BUTTON, POLICE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1942
- Date Range To
- 1946
- Materials
- METAL
- Catalogue Number
- P20080033009
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1942
- Date Range To
- 1946
- Materials
- METAL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 1.4
- Diameter
- 2.5
- Description
- BUTTON WITH TEXT ON FRONT READING, "POLICE FORCE," AND DEPICTING BRITISH CROWN. TEXT ON BACK READS, "J.R. GAUNT & SON LTD, MONTREAL, MADE IN ENGLAND." SILVER SURFACE ON FRONT OF BUTTON WORN ON LOWER RIGHT.
- Subjects
- CLOTHING-ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- PROFESSIONS
- History
- BUTTON BELONGED TO CHARLES WILSON, A MEMBER OF THE LETHBRIDGE CITY POLICE AND A VETERAN OF BOTH WORLD WARS. WILSON JOINED THE POLICE FORCE IN 1942 AT THE AGE OF45. A RECENT DEATH AND ENLISTMENT OF MANY POLICEMEN INTO THE CANADIAN MILITARY LEFT THE FORCE SHORT-STAFFED. WILSON'S APPOINTMENT BROUGHT THE FORCE UP TO ITS FULL STRENGTH OF 15 MEN. FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE PERMANENT RECORD AND ARCHIVES.
- Catalogue Number
- P20080033009
- Acquisition Date
- 2008-11
- Collection
- Museum
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