MIRROR

Description: RECTANGULAR STEEL SHEET WITH HOLE AT CENTRE OF ONE END. ONE CORNER IS SLIGHTLY MISSHAPPEN. LOOPED THROUGH HOLE IS STAINED PIECE OF STRING CONNECTING BEIGE PRESSED PAPER IDENTITY TAG. TAG IS OCTAGONAL, WITH A SLIGHTLY LONGER LENGTH THAN WIDTH. HOLE AT EITHER SIDE. STAMPED INTO TAG IS "49 BN CEF". REVERSE READS "101093 STAFFORD J H P". UPDATE 22 NOVEMBER 2012: THIS OBJECT WAS FOUND TO BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY ITS PROXIMITY TO CELLULOSE NITRATE TOOTHBRUSH (P19970073050) IN THE LATE SUMMER OF 2012. IT AND A HANDFUL OF OTHER OBJECTS SUFFERED CORROSION AS THE RESULT OF THE TOOTHBRUSH’S OFF GASSING OF NITRIC ACID. THE DETERMINATION OF A CAUSE OF THE CORROSION AND THE SUBSEQUENT TREATMENT OF AFFECTED OBJECTS WAS ASSISTED BY AN AUTHORITY AT THE CANADIAN CONSERVATION INSTITUTE IN OTTAWA. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE OBJECTS’ TREATMENT, THE OBJECTS AFFECTED AND PRE & POST-TREATMENT PHOTOS, PLEASE SEE THIS OBJECT’S PERMANENT FILE.

History: DONATED TO LEGION BY UNKNOWN DONOR, THEN TO MUSEUM BY LEGION. HISTORY AND USE OF PIECE UNKNOWN; FOR HISTORY OF COLLECTION SEE P19970073001-GA. *UPDATE* IN 2012 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT DAVID SMITH CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS. HE WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE ORIGINAL OWNER TO BE JOHN STAFFORD. FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING SERVICE RECORDS FROM LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE.