Plaque, commemorative
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- OBJECT TYPE
- framed
- DATE
- 1968
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0937.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Indian Air Force
- MODEL
- Indian Air Force 6 Squadron
- LOCATION
- India
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- presentation piece
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Heavy gold tone, white, red and green metallic and fibre thread stitched onto dark blue velvet (?) background. Off-white frame probably plaster over wood: inner face of frame surrounding fabric has raised pebble-textured finish; ornate raised braid-like border on frame edge highlighted in gold tone paint; back of frame sealed with black coated paper tape and dark green felt (?) fabric; designed to be suspended by bright blue metal link chain.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 41.4 cm
- Width
- 31.5 cm
- Height
- 5.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Commemorative
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Defence IN
- Country
- India
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- This piece was probably created, and presented in 1968.
- Canada
-
Abandoned in India after Second World War, the museum's Liberator [1968.0893] was refurbished and flown by the Indian Air Force before being donated to the Museum in exchange for a Westland Lysander. Flown to Canada in June 1968, it was officially handed over and subsequently refinished by No. 6 Repair Depot, RCAF. This decorative plaque likely accompanied formal hand-over of Liberator aircraft to Royal Canadian Air Force. - Function
-
To commemorate by publicly acknowledging an event. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "TO THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE/ [emblem & scroll]/ MAY THE SYMBOL OF PRIDE/ OF YOUR MUSEUM BE OUR/ OLD FAITHFUL/ FROM OC & OFFICERS OF No 6 SQN INDIAN AIR FORCE/ MAY, 1968" embroidered in gold tone metallic thread on plaque face. " No6 SQUADRON/ INDIAN AIR FORCE" embroidered on emblem.
- Missing
- None.
- Finish
- Heavy gold tone, white, red, black and green metallic and fibre thread stitched onto dark blue velvet (?) background. Off-white frame probably plaster over wood: inner face of frame surrounding fabric has raised pebble-textured finish; ornate raised braid-like border on frame edge highlighted in gold tone paint; back of frame sealed with black coated paper tape and dark green felt (?) fabric; designed to be suspended by bright blue metal link chain.
- Decoration
- Indian Air Force emblem features 3-headed lion [?] surmounting dragon-like creature seen in profile within circular border of oak leaves [?]. Indian text embroidered in black thread on gold tone and red "banner", below emblem. Frame: inner face of frame surrounding fabric has raised pebble-textured finish; ornate raised braid-like border on frame edge highlighted in gold tone paint.
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Indian Air Force, Plaque, commemorative, circa 1968, Artifact no. 1968.0937, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0937.001/
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