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- OBJECT TYPE
- military
- DATE
- 1945–1967
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0709.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Veterans Affairs Dept., Gov. of Canada
- MODEL
- Canadian Volunteer Service Medal & War Medal 1939-1945
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL, FABRIC;.2 METAL;.3 METAL;.4 FABRIC;.5 FABRIC & METAL PIN FASTENER;.6 STEEL, LEATHERETTE COVERING, FABRIC LINING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.0 cm
- Width
- 9.2 cm
- Height
- 5.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Commemorative
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Veterans CA
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- .1-.2 WWII (1939-1945), MAILED JAN. 5-6, 1950 SEE ENV. IN S.I.FILE/.3-.6 CANADIAN CENTENNIAL (1967)
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
.2-.3 AWARDED FOR MILITARY SERVICE WWII;.4-.5 CANADIAN CENTENNIAL - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 volunteer service medal raised lettering obverse: "1939 CANADA 1945/VOLUNTEER SERVICE VOLONTAIRE"; war medal raised lettering obverse: "GEORGIVS VI D:G: BR:OMN:REX:ET INDIAE IMP"; reverse: "1939/1945"/.3 raised lettering obverse: "confederation canada confederation/ER II"; reverse: "1867 1967"/.6 embossed lettering reads: "CANADA"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- .1 SILVER MEDALS, MULTI-COLOURED RIBBONS; BRAZEN OAK LEAF;.2 SILVER;.3 SILVER;.4-.5 RED & WHITE;.6 DARK BROWN EXTERIOR
- Decoration
- .1VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEDAL HAS 6 MARCHING FIGURES ON OBVERSE, COAT OF ARMS GREAT BRITAIN ON REVERSE; WAR MEDAL HAS PROFILE OF KING GEORGE VI ON OBVERSE, LION TRAMPLING GRIFFON ON REVERSE; OAK LEAF V ERTICLE STRIPED RIBBONS/.2 OAK LEAF/.3 STYLIZED MAPLE LEAF & ST. EDWARD'S CROWN ON OBVERSE, CANADA COAT OF ARMS ON REVERSE/.4-.5 PARALLEL VERTICLE STRIPES/.6 CANADA COAT OF ARMS ON TOP CENTRE
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Veterans Affairs Dept., Gov. of Canada, Medal, between 1945–1967, Artifact no. 1996.0709, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0709.001/
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