BADGE, COLLAR
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1939
- Date Range To
- 1946
- Materials
- METAL
- Catalogue Number
- P20060035009
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1939
- Date Range To
- 1946
- Materials
- METAL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 1.3
- Length
- 4.5
- Width
- 3.3
- Description
- METAL PIN, TEXT AT BOTTOM READS, "ROYAL CANADIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS." DEPICTS SNAKE WINDING AROUND STAFF, CROWN AT TOP OF PIN, WREATH OF MAPLE LEAVES SURROUNDS SNAKE. LATCH MISSING FROM PIN, EXHIBITS SURFACE WEAR AND MINOR CORROSION, ESPECIALLY ON BOTTOM LEFT PROPER.
- Subjects
- PERSONAL SYMBOL
- Historical Association
- MILITARY
- History
- METAL PIN WAS WORN AS COLLAR BADGE. MOST DOCTOR'S OF DR. RICE'S AGE WERE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. THIS BADGE IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WWII ERA. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS, INCLUDING THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH DR. DONALD ARTHUR RICE. SHE WAS UNABLE TO FIND PROOF OF RICE'S ASSOCIATION WITH THE RCAMC. HIS DATE OF DEATH IS LISTED AS OCTOBER 22, 2008 ON THE CORNERSTONE FUNERAL HOME WEBSITE. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPY OF OBITUARY. FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE P20060035001 AND PERMANENT RECORD.
- Catalogue Number
- P20060035009
- Acquisition Date
- 2006-10
- Collection
- Museum
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