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Canadian Volunteer Service Medal

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Item

Date:

[between October 22, 1943 and June 15, 1951].

Type of material:

Objects (including medals and pins)

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3639224

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Department of National Defence fonds

Adjutant General Branch

Medals

Canadian Volunteer Service Medal
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

[between October 22, 1943 and June 15, 1951].

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 medal: silver, 1 silver bar; 035.96 gr
Support 37.000 x mm

Language of material:

no language

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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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Physical description note:

This medal includes a silver bar with a maple leaf at its centre, which was awarded for 60 days service outside Canada. A silver maple leaf is worn on the ribbon in undress.

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 Volunteer Service Medal was established on 22 October 1943. Dates of creation are based on this information as well as on the date on which this specific specimen was forwarded to the Public Archives.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: obverse: 1939 CANADA 1945 / VOLUNTARY * SERVICE * VOLONTAIRE / CFC TS, Inscription: reverse: A. MARI. VSQVE. AD. MARE, Inscription: edge: no inscription, Inscription: attachment: no inscription

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C-014801 : obverse
C-014800 : reverse
Subject heading:

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reward

military activity heraldry
Source:

Government

Other accession no.:

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00016M
1951-002 X PIC
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6863 Item no. assigned by LAC 16M

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Copy negative C-014800--C-014801

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1951-2-16M

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