DECAL
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- FRAMED POLICE CREST
- Date Range From
- 1970
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- PLASTIC, PAPER
- Catalogue Number
- P19960112072
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- FRAMED POLICE CREST
- Date Range From
- 1970
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- PLASTIC, PAPER
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 2.1
- Length
- 49
- Width
- 49
- Description
- DECAL CONSISTS OF WHITE BACKGROUND; CITY OF LETHBRIDGE POLICE CREST IN CENTRE. BLUE, GOLD, GREEN, AND RED. MOUNTED ON CARDBOARD BACKING; BLACK PLASTIC FRAME WITH PIANO WIRE MOUNTED ON BACK FOR HANGING. SEVERAL STEEL TENSION BANDS MOUNTED BETWEEN FRAME AND CARDBOARD.
- Subjects
- DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT
- Historical Association
- SAFETY SERVICES
- History
- FROM LETHBRIDGE POLICE COLLECTION; FOR MORE HISTORY SEE P19960112001-GA. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON THE LETHBRIDGE CITY POLICE FORCE CREST WAS EXCERPTED FROM THE FORCE'S 'ORDER OF DRESS POLICY' FROM THE MID-1990S, FOUND IN PERMANENT FILE P19960112001: "THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE CREST WHICH FORMS THE CIRCULAR CENTRE PORTION OF THE POLICE CREST WAS DESIGNED BY JOHN S. CHIVERS, THE PARISH PRIEST OF ST. AUGUSTINES ANGLICAN CHURCH IN 1906. THE CROWN ABOVE THE COAT OF ARMS SIGNIFIED CANADA'S ALLEGIANCE TO THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY. THE CIRCULAR PORTION REPRESENTED THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE CITY'S ECONOMY AT THAT TIME, THOSE BEING TRANSPORTATION, AGRICULTURE, AND COAL MINING. THE DATES 1890 AND 1906 ARE THE DATES OF LETHBRDGE'S INCORPORATION FIRST AS A TOWN AND LATER AS A CITY. THE PANORAMIC VIEW IN THE BACKGROUND PORTRAYS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. THE LATIN MOTTO 'AD OCCASIONIS JANUAM' MEANS 'GATEWAY TO OPPORTUNITY'. IN 1947 THE LETHBRIDGE CITY POLICE FORCE CREST WAS DESIGNED BY CHIEF CONSTABLE G. HARVEY AND AUTHORIZED BY CITY COUNCIL. IT CONTAINS A RIBBON INSCRIBED WITH THE WORD 'LETHBRIDGE' WHICH IS ARCHED OVER A BEAVER. ABOVE THIS IS A SHIELD CENTRED WITH THE COAT OF ARMS OF THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE. THE SHIELD IS FLANKED WITH MAPLE LEAFS AND A RIBBON AT THE TOP INSCRIBED 'POLICE'. THE CROWN AT THE TOP SIGNIFIED THE OFFICE OF A POLICE OFFICER AS A LOYAL AGENT OF THE CROWN, HOWEVER OFFICIAL SANCTION TO USE THE CROWN WAS NOT RECEIVED UNTIL 1966, WHEN UPON APPLICATION HER MAJESTY, QUEEN ELIZABETH ii, APPROCED THE USE OF THE ST. EDWARD CROWN ON THE OFFICIAL CREST OF THE FORCE."
- Catalogue Number
- P19960112072
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-12
- Collection
- Museum
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