Commemorative Certificate - The R.C.M.P. Cenntenial Sword of Honour - Collections

Scope and Content: Letter, mounted on cardboard, and signed describing the Sword; it describes the type of sword, the history and cost to commemorate the R.C.M.P. Centennial for Force members and collectors.

History Biographical: "Sword was produced by Wilkinson Sword Division in Commemoration of Cenntential of the Force (1873-1973). Donor acquired from Colin Campbell upon his death. Campbell was a local collector of police & military memorabilia. See also P19900007021-GA for Sword. *UPDATE* in 2014 Collections Assistant Jane Edmundson developed the following brief biography of this item's original collector, Colin Campbell, from information in the Galt Archives and his Lethbridge Herald obiturary. Colin Campbell was born on December 20, 1903 in Scotland, and came to Canada in 1911, settling in Edmonton. He was commissioned the second Lieutenant in the Edmonton Fusiliers in 1936, and served overseas during WWII with the Saskatoon Light Infantry. In the early 1950s Campbell moved to Lethbridge, where he worked as an accountant for Stern's Furniture. Campbell was a member of the Elks and the Royal Canadian Legion No. 4, which he managed. He was the neighbour of the donors, Bill and Mary Skelton. Colin Campbell died in Lethbridge on May 2, 1979."

Scope and Content: Letter, mounted on cardboard, and signed describing the Sword; it describes the type of sword, the history and cost to commemorate the R.C.M.P. Centennial for Force members and collectors.