UNIFORM, POLICE

Description: RED SERGE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE TUNIC. NAVY BLUE SHOULDER AND COLLAR TABS; MISSING COLLAR BADGES AND SHOULDER TITLES. FOUR BRASS BUTTONS UP FRONT CLOSURE; TWO BREAST POCKETS ALSO BUTTONED. BLUE RIBBON BAR ABOVE LEFT BREAST POCKET, WITH TWO VERTICAL YELLOW STRIPES. CORPORAL CHEVRON ON RIGHT SLEEVES (TWO STRIPES); FIVE SERVICE STARS ARRANGED IN TRIANGULAR FORMATION ON LEFT. INTERIOR LINED AT YOKE WITH PALE PINK GLAZED COTTON; SLEEVES LINED IN WHITE. TWO BRASS BUTTONS AT EACH CUFF. BRASS COLLARS AND TITLES ADDED AT A LATER DATE. THEY ARE NOT A PART OF THE ARTIFACT, BUT SUPPLEMENTAL ADDITIONS DESIGNED TO MAKE THE ARTIFACT MORE COMPLETE. THESE ADDITIONS ARE NOT ARTIFACTS IN THE COLLECTION.

History: BELONGED TO E.D. WHITE, REG. #21698; FEB. 21, 1941. DONATED BY HIM TO LEGION, THEN TO MUSEUM BY LEGION. HISTORY OF SERVICE UNKNOWN; SEE P19970073002-8-GA FOR RELATED PIECES. LEGION COLLECTION BEGAN AFTER WORLD WAR TWO AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO VETERANS THROWING THEIR UNIFORMS AWAY. PIECES WERE USED FOR FACILITY DISPLAYS. RESERVE COLLECTION GREW SUBSTANTIALLY UNTIL DECISION WAS MADE TO DONATE TO GALT. SEE HARDCOPY FILE FOR INFORMATION ON GENERATION OF LEGION BRANCH NO. 4 EXHIBIT GENERATED IN 1999. ADDITIONAL BRASS COLLARS AND TITLES ARE NOT A PART OF THE ARTIFACT, AND DO NOT SHARE THE SAME HISTORY AS THIS DONATION. *UPDATE* IN 2017 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING ITEMS, INCLUDING SEVERAL ITEMS DONATED BY THE LEGION. EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE RCMP HISTORY SECTION GAVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: THE SERIAL NUMBER 21698 DOES NOT BELONG TO E.D. WHITE. IT BELONGED TO AN RCMP OFFICER WHO SERVED BETWEEN 1961-1997. NO RCMP MEMBER WITH THE LAST NAME "WHITE" AND INITIALS "E.D." WERE FOUND WITHIN THE RCMP RECORDS. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE.