Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

CAP BADGE

Date Range From

1914

Date Range To

1918

Materials

BRASS

No. Pieces

1

Length

29.9

Width

4.7

Description

BADGE EMBOSSED WITH "CANADA" AND "QUO FAS ET GLORIA DUCANT". ARTILLERY CAP BADGE HAS BEEN SOLDERED TO HEAD OF PIN. NICKEL PLATED SHANK AND PIN.

Subjects

PERSONAL SYMBOL

Historical Association

MILITARY

History

*UPDATE* IN 2012 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT DAVID SMITH CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS. HE LEARNED THE FOLLOWING: ACCORDING TO HIS ATTESTATION PAPER, CHRISTIAN GIBSON WAS BORN IN BELFAST IRELAND ON MAY 9, 1887. HE ENLISTED WITH THE CANADIAN OVER-SEAS EXPEDITIONARY FORCE ON DECEMBER 1, 1914. HE REFERENCES 5 YEARS WITH THE 25TH BATTERY C.Y.A. AS PREVIOUS MILITARY EXPERIENCE. GIBSON’S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE REVEALS THAT HE SERVED WITH 7TH ARTILLERY BRIGADE AS PAYMASTER FROM DECEMBER 1, 1914 – MARCH 23, 1915. GIBSON RE-ENLISTED WITH THE RANK OF CAPTAIN ON AUGUST 10, 1915. ON JUNE 19, 1916, HE LANDED IN FRANCE AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE 4TH BRIGADE ON APRIL 8, 1917 TO SERVE AS PAYMASTER. ON JULY 19, 1917 GIBSON WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE 12TH RESERVE BATTALION IN ENGLAND. ON DECEMBER 9, 1918, HE WAS APPOINTED PAYMASTER TO THE CANADIAN SEGREGATION CAMP IN BOURLEY. AUGUST 23, 1919, CAPTAIN CHRISTIAN GIBSON WAS DEMOBILIZED TO LETHBRIDGE ALBERTA. GIBSON PASSED AWAY IN LETHBRIDGE AT THE AGE OF 83 ON MARCH 26, 1971. FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING RECORDS FROM LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA, PLEASE SEE P19683209000. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING FOUR PAINTINGS CREATED BY THE DONOR, CHRISTIAN GIBSON. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON GIBSON WAS EXCERPTED FROM HIS LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARY: CHRISTIAN GIBSON WAS BORN IN BELFAST, IRELAND IN 1887 AND EDUCATED IN LONDON, ENGLAND BEFORE ARRIVING IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1908. HE WORKED FOR THE CITY AS ZOO KEEPER AT THE EXHIBITION GROUNDS AND FOR THE ALBERTA RAILROAD AND IRRIGATION COMPANY BEFORE BEGINNING HIS 35 YEAR CAREER WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND COMMERCE IN 1913. GIBSON SERVED WITH THE 25TH BATTERY CANADIAN FIELD ARTILLERY FROM 1908 TO 1914 AND FROM 1914 TO 1919 HE SERVED IN ENGLAND IN FRANCE WITH THE 20TH BATTERY CFA. HE WAS ALSO VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AS A MEMBER OF THE KIWANIS CLUB, ALLIED ARTS COUNCIL, LETHBRIDGE AND DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, PLAYGOERS OF LETHBRIDGE, ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION, PEMMICAN CLUB, MASONIC LODGE, AND THE GALT HOSPITAL BOARD. HE AND HIS WIFE LINDA WERE HEAVILY INFLUENTIAL IN THE RED CROSS SOCIETY’S LETHRBIDGE CHAPTER, AND HAD TWO CHILDREN, FRED AND DORIS. CHRISTIAN GIBSON PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 26, 1971. IN 2010 HIS DAUGHTER, DORIS BALCOVSKE, PARTICIPATED IN THE GALT MUSEUM’S FIRST ‘TREASURES & CURIOSITIES’ EXHIBIT BY SELECTING ONE OF HER FATHER’S PAINTINGS TO BE DISPLAYED. SHE SUBMITTED THE FOLLOWING NARRATIVE ABOUT GIBSON’S ASSOCIATION WITH THE GALT AND HIS PAINTING PRACTICE: “MY FATHER… WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE GALT MUSEUM AND HELPED COLLECT MANY OF THE ARTIFACTS. MY FATHER WAS A SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST WITH OILS, WATER COLORS, AND ALSO PEN AND INK… THE FAMILY OWNS MOST OF HIS PAINTINGS.” SEE PERMANENT FILE P19694807000 FOR HARDCOPY OF GIBSON’S OBITUARY. SEE RECORD P19930031001 FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE GIBSON FAMILY.

Catalogue Number

P19694098000

Acquisition Date

1969-06

Collection

Museum

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