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- OBJECT TYPE
- Service Ensign
- DATE
- 1946–1968
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.1017.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Holden, S.
- MODEL
- RCAF Blue Ensign
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- canvas cloth; hemp (?) cord
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 143.0 cm
- Width
- 70.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- 1.0 cm
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Commemorative
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Holden
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- this pattern used between introduction of maple leaf to roundel in 1946 to replacement of design in Canadian Forces unification in 1968
- Canada
-
the RCAF ensign was similar to the RAF ensign reflecting its origins & Imperial traditions; while the maple leaf made it distinctively Canadian - Function
-
possibly flown at RCAF base or station/ provenance & source for this flag unknown - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- lettering on cloth tag sewn onto sleeve reads: "[logo] Holdens/OTTAWA"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- red, white & royal blue designs on light blue background; white sleeve; tan rope
- Decoration
- Union Jack at upper left (nearest pole); RCAF roundel with maple leaf at centre right
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Holden, S., Flag, between 1946–1968, Artifact no. 1966.1017, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.1017.001/
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