Material Type

Artifact

Date

1937

Materials

CHROME, SILVER

No. Pieces

1

Height

0.7

Length

4.8

Width

1.8

Description

STRAIGHT CHROME MOUNTING BAR. SILVER OVAL PIECE MOUNTED TO CENTRE OF BROOCH; EMBOSSED WITH PROFILES OF ROYALTY IN CENTRE. READS "GEORGE VI & ELIZABETH CROWNED 1937". SLIGHTLY TARNISHED.

Subjects

CLOTHING-ACCESSORY

Historical Association

COMMEMORATIVE

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

P19970106005

Acquisition Date

1998-09

Collection

Museum

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