Pin, lapel
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AIRLINE/PROMOTIONAL
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2003.0353.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Birks
- MODEL
- TCA
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- 10 K gold with red and white enamel
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 1.1 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Clothing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Birks
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Trans Canada Airlines (TCA) was formed by the Canadian National Railways. They launched their first flight on September 1, 1937, between Vancouver and Seattle. Throughout the next 25 years, TCA became Canada's national airline, and on January 1, 1965, TCA changed their name to Air Canada. - Function
-
Promotional - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Enamelled on front of pin reads: "TCA"/ Embossed on back reads: "BIRKS/ 10 k"/
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- 10 K gold pin with white, blue and gold enamelled logo/ straight pin with clasp
- Decoration
- TCA logo
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Birks, Pin, lapel, circa 1950, Artifact no. 2003.0353, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2003.0353.001/
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