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Canadian Forces Decoration (C.D.)

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

1951.

Type of material:

Objects (including medals and pins)

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3639121

Context of this record:

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Department of National Defence fonds

Adjutant General Branch

Medals

Canadian Forces Decoration (C.D.)
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1951.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 medal: .800 silver, gilded; 039.71 gr
Support 37.000 x mm

Language of material:

no language

Scope and content:

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For further information as to this work, please consult the medal card catalogue according to the a208 field.

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Artist: Unknown artist, ca. 1877-1954

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Custodial history:

This medal was forwarded to the Public Archives of Canada by the office of the Adjutant-General at the request of the Assistant to the Dominion Archivist, Norman Fee, on June 12, 1951.

Dates of creation note:

The Canadian Forces' Decoration was initiated on 15 December 1949, and first awarded on 01 September 1951. Date is based on this information as well as the date on which this specific specimen was forwarded to the Public Archives.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: obverse: GEORGIVS VI D: G: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: / H P, Inscription: reverse: G VI R / SERVICE / BR, Inscription: edge: no inscription, Inscription: attachment: CANADA
Subject heading:

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reward

portrait emblem
Source:

Government

Other accession no.:

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00002M
1951-002 X PIC
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6759 Item no. assigned by LAC 2M

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1951-2-2M

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