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Patch
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90315
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.8.10
- Description
- A navy blue felt sew-on patch with the Alpha Junior High School logo. A large blue "A" is in the centre of the patch with a white outline. The words "Junior" and "High" are on either side of the "A" in blue with a yellow outline. Behind these two words are three yellow bars.
- Object History
- This patch belonged to the donor who attended Alpha Junior High School in the 1950s.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Symbols
- Object Term
- Patch, Insignia
- Marks/Labels
- A Junior High
- Colour
- Blue
- White
- Yellow
- Measurements
- 12 cm x 12cm
- Names
- Alpha Secondary School
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- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
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- Parkcrest-Aubrey Area
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shoulder badge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact204
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.5.42
- Description
- Burnaby Municipal Police shoulder bar for jacket. Cast in one piece in metal. Letters are connected by integral bars. Secured by mounting posts and cotter pin.
- Object History
- Jacket shoulder bars issued to Constable George Jeffery. George Jeffery served as a Constable on the Burnaby Police Force from 1912 - 1935. His patrolled the large Central Park District by foot, stretching from Boundary to Royal Oak and Marine Drive to Moscrop. Over the coarse of his duties, Constable Jeffery saw the need for recreational activities in the area. He founded the Burnaby Athletic Association which featured a competitive boxing ring and gym. In 1935, when the Burnaby Police became the British Columbia Provincial Police, rather than leave the community he chose to leave the force. George Jeffery than worked at the nearby Oakalla Prison Farm until retiring in 1945.
- Marks/Labels
- "B M P", letters on cross bars