Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

CANADIAN LEGION

Date

1927

Materials

BRONZE, BRASS

No. Pieces

2

Height

1.2

Length

2.5

Width

1.8

Description

BRONZE CIRCULAR PIN SURMOUNTED BY CROWN. THREADED BRASS BACKING, ENGRAVED "THE VICTORY PATENTED". FACE OF PIN ENGRAVED WITH MAPLE LEAF AT CENTRE, WITH RED AND BLUE ENAMELED STRIPES RADIATING OUTWARD. EMBOSSED AROUND OUTSIDE BORDER "BRITISH EMPIRE SERVICE LEAGUE"; "CANADIAN LEGION" IN BANNER AT BOTTOM. REVERSE OF PIN EMBOSSED "1927 RD. W. SCULLY LTD. MONTREAL" WITH "93776" ENGRAVED AT BOTTOM.

Subjects

PERSONAL SYMBOL

Historical Association

MILITARY

History

ITEMS BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, HERBERT T. HACKER. BORN IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1910; MARRIED LINDA (NIEMAN) IN 1940. LIVED IN NEW WESTMINSTER WHEN SECOND WORLD WAR BROKE OUT. ENLISTED IN WEST COAST WESTMINSTER MOBILE REGIMENT AS AIR RAID WARDEN, THEN IN SEAFORTH REGIMENT. SENT OVERSEAS AND SERVED IN THE NETHERLANDS. WAS INJURED AND TRANSFERRED TO CALGARY HIGHLANDERS REGIMENT, 2ND DIVISION. LATER RECLASSIFIED AS ARMY OF OCCUPATION IN GERMANY 3RD DIVISION (1945). RETURNED HOME IN 1945 AND DISCHARGED IN 1946 AFTER RECOVERING FROM JAUNDIS. WORKED AT LETHBRIDGE IRONWORKS UNTIL RETIRING IN 1978. PASSED AWAY IN 1992 AT AGE 82. HAD FOUR CHILDREN: DONNA, THOMAS, JANICE, AND HEATHER.

Catalogue Number

P19970106004

Acquisition Date

1998-09

Collection

Museum

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