PLAQUE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- POLICE BADGE, MOUNTED
- Date Range From
- 1947
- Date Range To
- 1962
- Materials
- WOOD, METAL
- Catalogue Number
- P19960112005
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- POLICE BADGE, MOUNTED
- Date Range From
- 1947
- Date Range To
- 1962
- Materials
- WOOD, METAL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 1
- Length
- 13.5
- Width
- 11.9
- Description
- WOODEN CREST WITH SILVER POLICE BADGE MOUNTED AT CENTRE. BADGE HAS ENGRAVED BLUE LETTERING READING "POLICE LETHBRIDGE"; BEAVER AT BOTTOM; CITY CREST AT CENTRE; KING'S CROWN AT TOP. BLUE NAMEPLATE BELOW ENGRAVED WITH "KING'S CROWN". STICKER AT BACK WITH "MADE IN CANADA 1351 NOBLE-EMPIRE AWARDS LTD.".
- Subjects
- PERSONAL SYMBOL
- Historical Association
- SAFETY SERVICES
- History
- CREST WAS USED BY CITY POLICE PRIOR TO CORONATION OF QUEEN ELIZ. II IN 1954. FIRST POLICE CREST IMPLEMENTED IN 1947 AND REMAINED IN USE UNTIL 1966. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING SOME DONATED BY THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE POLICE SERVICES. FOR A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE LETHBRIDGE POLICE COLLECTION, SEE RECORD P19960112001. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE POLICE SERVICES AND TRANSCRIPTS OF INTERVIEWS AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH CURRENT AND FORMER LETHBRIDGE POLICE, SEE PERMANENT FILE P19960112000.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960112005
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-0
- Collection
- Museum
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