Object Record
Metadata
Object Name |
Badge, Crest |
Subject |
Domestic Life Personal Effects Military Military Badges Events & Celebrations |
Category |
10: Unclassifiable Artifacts |
Sub-category |
Need to Classify |
Accession Number |
2007.004.001 |
Donor |
David Bryant |
Description |
Round embroidered crest with a crown on top. Red maple leaf in the center, the words legion in gold on a blue banner, and 3 red poppies at the bottom. Royal Canadian Legion uniform patch. |
Provenance |
-The Royal Canadian Legion is a non-profit Canadian veterans' organization founded in 1925. Members includes people who served in the military, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, provincial or municipal police, Royal Canadian Air, Army and Sea Cadets and direct relatives. -In November 1925, the Canadian Legion was founded in Winnipeg, Manitoba, as the Canadian Legion of the British Empire Services League, incorporated by a 1926 special Act of Parliament. -Typically worn on left hand blazer pocket (legion.ca) |
Accession number |
2007.004 |