Plaque, commemorative
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1953
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2796.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Shearwater, HMCS
- LOCATION
- England
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- wooden shield; unidentified material in crest; brass hanging bracket on back; paper label affixed to back with Scotch tape
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 18.0 cm
- Width
- 15.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- 2.0 cm
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Commemorative
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Nova Scotia
- Period
- lettering on label indicates service at air station HMCS Shearwater 1953-1956
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
souvenir - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- lettering on crest reads: "SHEARWATER/H.M.C.S. SHEARWATER"; impressed lettering on hanging bracket reads: "MADE IN/GT BRITAIN"; lettering hand written in ink on lavel reads: "JAKE BIRKS/1953-56"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- brown shield; crest is predom. gold, light blue, white & black
- Decoration
- air station insignia of H.M.C.S. Shearwater
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Unknown Manufacturer, Plaque, commemorative, circa 1953, Artifact no. 1992.2796, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2796.001/
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