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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- R.C.M.P. COAT OF ARMS
- Materials
- WOOD, GLASS, PAPER
- Catalogue Number
- P19910064003
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- R.C.M.P. COAT OF ARMS
- Date
- 1952
- Materials
- WOOD, GLASS, PAPER
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 37.2
- Width
- 27.2
- Description
- FRAMED COLOR ILLUSTRATION OF THE R.C.M.P. COAT OF ARMS, REGISTERED WITH THE COLLEGE OF ARMS.
- Subjects
- DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT
- Historical Association
- SAFETY SERVICES
- History
- DONOR ACQUIRED PRINT FROM COLIN CAMPBELL UPON HIS DEATH. CAMPBELL WAS A COLLECTOR OF POLICE & MILITARY MEMORABILIA. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON DEVELOPED THE FOLLOWING BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF THIS ARTIFACT'S ORIGINAL COLLECTOR, COLIN CAMPBELL, FROM INFORMATION IN THE GALT ARCHIVES AND HIS LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARY. COLIN CAMPBELL WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 20, 1903 IN SCOTLAND, AND CAME TO CANADA IN 1911, SETLLING IN EDMONTON. HE WAS COMMISSIONED A 2ND LIEUTENANT IN THE EDMONTON FUSILIERS IN 1936, AND SERVED OVERSEAS DURING WORLD WAR II WITH THE SASKATOON LIGHT INFANTRY. IN THE EARLY 1950S CAMPBELL MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE, WHERE HE WORKED AS AN ACCOUNTANT FOR STERN'S FURNITURE. CAMPBELL WAS A MEMBER OF THE ELKS AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION NO. 4, WHICH HE MANAGED. HE WAS THE NEIGHBOUR OF THE DONORS, BILL AND MARY SKELTON. COLIN CAMPBELL DIED IN LETHBRIDGE ON MAY 2, 1979. SEE PERMANENT FILE P19910064001 FOR HARDCOPY OF CAMPBELL'S OBITUARY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19910064003
- Acquisition Date
- 1991-09
- Collection
- Museum
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