General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

FABRIC PATCHES, STORED IN PLASTIC CASE WITH METAL SNAP CLOSURE

Dimensions

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

Length

9.5 cm

Width

9.0 cm

Height

1.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Railway Transportation

Category

Operations

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THESE PATCHES WERE WORN BETWEEN C.1963-1980

Canada

THESE PATCHES WERE WORN BY MR. RUSSELL WINFIELD DICKENSON (1921-1980), WHO WORKED FOR CN BETWEEN 1950-1980. HE BEGAN AS A BRAKEMAN, AND LATER WORKED AS A CONDUCTOR, LARGELY ON THE TORONTO-FORT ERIE RUN AND LATER ON THE GO TRAIN SERVICE (PLEASE SEE DICKENSON UNIFORMS 890250-251 & PIN 940250)

Function

TO IDENTIFY CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY EMPLOYEES

Technical

EXAMPLES OF TYPICAL CN EMPLOYEE PATCHES OF THE PERIOD C.1963-1980.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1-.2 BOTH BEAR SEWN LOGO 'CN', THE C & N JOINED IN THE CENTRE

Missing

NONE. PLASTIC CASE MAY NOT BE ORIGINAL

Finish

.1SQUARE WHITE PATCH, BEARING RED TEXT/.2 SQUARE WHITE PATCH HAS ROUNDED CORNERS: BLUE TEXT AND EDGING/ RED PLASTIC CASE HAS CLEAR FRONT WINDOW & SILVER METAL SNAP CLOSURE

Decoration

N/A