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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1966.1037.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: RCAF Station Alymer Ontario
LOCATION: United Kingdom

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Large cast brass emblem and engraved plate mounted on wooden board; designed to be suspended from metal link chain fixed to board back with brass hardware; emblem fastened to board using brass bolts. Emblem has blue, gold tone, red and natural brass colouring.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 77.0 cm
Width: 55.5 cm
Height: 4.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Commemorative
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: United Kingdom
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Presumably produced and presented after WWII [post 1945]]
Canada: Unknown
Function: To publicly recognise achievement and acknowledge gratitude.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Engraved plate reads : " "THIS PLAQUE WAS PRESENTED TO ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE/ STATION AYLMER, ONTARIO, BY THE ROYAL NAVY IN RECOGNITION/ OF THEIR TRAINING OF BRITISH NAVAL PILOTS DURING THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR." " Following text appears on plaque background: "LIBERATIS CAUSA/ 1943- 1945/ COPIAS CONIUNXIMUS"
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Large cast brass emblem and engraved plate mounted on wooden board; designed to be suspended from metal link chain fixed to board back with brass hardware; emblem fastened to board using brass bolts. Emblem has blue, gold tone, red and natural brass colouring.
Decoration: Royal Navy emblem incorporates many nautical elements including rope [used as border], chain and anchor, ships' sails and hull, and colour blue.

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Unknown Manufacturer, Plaque, before 1945, Artifact no. 1966.1037, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.1037.001/

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