Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

MILITARY, GERMANY (W.W.I)

Date Range From

1914

Date Range To

1918

Materials

BRASS, SILVER

No. Pieces

1

Length

6.6

Width

4.7

Description

BRASS BUCKLE WITH SILVER INSET "GOTT MIT UNS" CROWN & LEAVES.

Subjects

CLOTHING-ACCESSORY

Historical Association

MILITARY

History

MILITARY ISSUE, GERMAN ARMY, W.W. I. OBTAINED AS A BATTLE SOUVENIR. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS. SHE WAS ABLE TO DEDUCE FROM INFORMATION IN THE PERMANENT FILES THAT THIS BELT BUCKLE WAS LIKELY ORIGINALLY COLLECTED BY THE DONOR'S FATHER, MAJOR REVEREND GORD MUNBEE BARROW. ACCORDING TO INFORMATION IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, MAJOR REV. GORE MUNBEE BARROW WAS A VETERAN OF BOTH THE BOER WAR AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR. HE ENLISTED IN THE HAMPSHIRE YEOMANRY PREVIOUS TO TAKING HOLY ORDERS, HE WENT TO SOUTH AFRICA AS A PRIVATE IN THE BOER WAR AND LATER OBTAINED A COMMISSION IN THE KING’S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS AND WENT TO INDIA WITH HIS REGIMENT. HE THEN ENTERED THE CHURCH, COMING TO CANADA WHERE HE WAS CURATE OF ST. JAMES’ CATHEDRAL, TORONTO. GORE M. BARROW WAS THE RECTOR AT ST. AUGUSTINE’S ANGLICAN CHURCH IN LETHBRIDGE FROM 1920-22. BARROW’S ATTESTATION PAPER FROM WWI INDICATES THAT HE WAS BORN IN DINAN, FRANCE ON NOVEMBER 22, 1896. HE DIED IN GRIMSBY, ONTARIO ON JULY 5, 1982. GORE MUBBEE BARROW’S SON BRUCE GORE BARROW FOLLOWED IN HIS FOOTSTEPS AND WAS A CHOIRMASTER AND ORGANIST AT ST. AUGUSTINE’S ANGLICAN CHURCH IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1951. IT IS SUSPECTED THAT THE BELT BUCKLE ENDED UP IN LETHBRIDGE BECAUSE IT WAS GIVEN TO BRUCE BARROW FROM HIS FATHER. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES AND ACCESSORIES, INCLUDING A PERFUME BOTTLE DONATED BY BRUCE G. BARROW. ATTACHED TO THE PERMANENT FILE IS A NOTE THAT STATES, “FROM THE ESTATE OF THE LATE MAJOR REV. GORE. M. BARROW. SOUVENIRS FROM THE BOER WAR, GREAT WAR I & II FROM BRUCE G BARROW.” IN 2018, PUNDYK CONNECTED WITH THE DONOR'S DAUGHTER, JUDITH PAYNE, IN AN ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN FURTHER ARTIFACT-SPECIFIC INFORMATION. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS ACQUIRED. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19672526000 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, INCLUDING COPIES OF THE ARCHIVAL RESEARCH.

Catalogue Number

P19672522000

Acquisition Date

1967-03

Collection

Museum

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