Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

LETHBRIDGE B.P.O.E. NO 37

Date

1961

Materials

BRASS

No. Pieces

2

Height

1.2

Diameter

2.5

Description

ROUND, GOLD COLOURED PIN. DESIGN ON PIN IS IN RELIEF AND CONSISTS OF A BANNER AROUND THE TOP THAT READS "LETHBRIDGE B.P.O.E. NO 37". ON THE TOP, CENTRE IS A CURLING ROCK. IN CENTRE OF PIN IS AN ELK'S HEAD, OVERLAYING TWO CROSSED CURLING BROOMS. ABOVE ELK'S HEAD IS THE IMAGE OF A SMALL CLOCK. AT BOTTOM IS A SLIGHTLY RAISED RECTANGLE, ETCHED WITH "1961". ON BACK, PIN HAS THREADS, LIKE A SCREW, AND A ROUND NUT THAT SCREWS ONTO THIS.

Subjects

ADORNMENT

Historical Association

ASSOCIATIONS

History

BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, WILFRED REED. ITEMS FOUND WHILE CLEANING OUT HOUSE BEFORE SELLING IT. THE TWO LIVED IN BARONS AFTER MARRYING, WHERE THEY FARMED. WILF BELONGED TO ELKS IN BARONS. SEE P19990057001-GA FOR MORE HISTORY.

Catalogue Number

P19990057014

Acquisition Date

1999-10

Collection

Museum

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