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- OBJECT TYPE
- INSPECTOR'S
- DATE
- 1937–1952
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0146.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- WEIGHTS & MEASURES BRANCH, CANADA
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS PIN, WITH NICKEL PLATED FINISH
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 4.4 cm
- Width
- 3.7 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS PIN PROBABLY USED C.1937-1952 (REIGN OF GEORGE VI- GR)
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF IDENTIFYING PIN OR BADGE WORN BY INSPECTORS FROM WEIGHTS & MEASURES BRANCH OF CANADIAN GOV'T WHEN IN THE FIELD TESTING MEASURING EQUIPMENT (AS PER RCB) - Function
-
TO IDENTIFY INSPECTORS WORKING FOR WEIGHTS & MEASURES BRANCH OF DEPT. OF TRADE & COMMERCE - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- FOLLOWING STAMPED ON PIN FACE: 'W. & M./ G [CROWN LOGO] R/ CANADA'
- Missing
- BAR AND CLASP MOUNTING TO FASTEN PIN TO CLOTHING
- Finish
- NICKEL PLATED
- Decoration
- SHERRIF-STYLE PIN HAS SCALLOPED TOP EDGE: CURVING UPWARD FROM EITHER EDGE, 5 POINTS ARE FORMED. THE LOWER 3/4 OF PIN IS ALMOST HEART-SHAPED, CULMINATING AT A DISTICT POINT IN BOTTOM CENTRE. LARGE, ELABORATE CROWN APPEARS IN CENTRE OF PIN FACE
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Unknown Manufacturer, Pin, circa 1937–1952, Artifact no. 1996.0146, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0146.001/
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