Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

paper document & backing; glass; wood frame; steel loop

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

42,0 cm

Largeur

33,5 cm

Hauteur

S/O

Épaisseur

2,3 cm

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Aviation

Catégorie

Archives

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Defence CA

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Ville

Ottawa

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Inconnu

Période

dated June 15, 1931 but appointment backdated to April 1, 1924

Canada

Kenneth MacGregor Guthrie joined the RFC during WWI, was commissioned in the RAF in 1918 and retired from the RCAF as an Air Vice Marshal in 1949; the back-date of commissioning coincides closely with the formation of the RCAF in 1924

Fonction

to appoint Kenneth Guthrie an Officer's commission in the RCAF

Technique

Inconnu

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

lettering on document reads: "1/[singature - illegible]/George the Fifth by the Grace of God/of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King,/Defender/of the Faith, Emperor of India, &c./To Our trusty and well beloved Kenneth Macgregor Guthrie Greeting:/We, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage and good Conduct, do by these/Presents Constitute and Appoint you to be an Officer in Our Air Force of our Dominion/of Canada from the First day of April 1924. You are therefore carefully/and diligently to discharge your Duty as such in the Rank of Flying Officer or in/such higher Rank as We may from time to time hereafter be pleased to promote or appoint you to, of/ which a notification will be made in the Canada Gazette, or in such other manner as may for/the time being be prescribed by Us in Council, and you are in such manner and on such occasions as may/be prescribed by Us to exercise and well discipline in Arms, both the inferior Officers, and Men/serving under you and use your best endeavours to keep them in good Order and Discipline./And We do hereby Command them to Obey you as their superior Officer, and you to observe and/follow such Orders and Directions as from time/to time you shall receive from Us, or any your/superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in pursuance of the Trust hereby/reposed in you./In witness Whereof Our Governor General of Our Dominion of Canada/hath hereunto set his hand and Seal at Our Gevernment House in the City of Ottawa/this Fifteenth day of June in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand/Nine Hundred and Thirty One and in the Twenty second/Year of Our Reign/By Command of His Escellency The Governor General//[singature - illegible]/Deputy Minister of National Defence./Flight Lieutenant Kenneth MacGregor Guthrie/Royal Canadian Air Force (Permanent)/5M-3-30 (3673)"; lettering ink stamped on back reads: "Davie Art Shop/861 Davie Street/VANCOUVER 1, B.C."

Manque

l1 loop & wire (hanging hardware)

Fini

black lettering on white certificate; black frame

Décoration

seal, possibly of Governor General of Canada, at upper left