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badge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91810
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.31.49
- Description
- Pin or badge for Royal Canadian Air Force - Operations Badge. the badge is gold in colour in the shape of a set of feathered wings with an "O" in the middle.
- The back has two threaded posts and a back plate.
- Object History
- Item belonged to Joseph “Joe” Hardcastle Cumberland Corsbie who served as a Navigator for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) between 1942 and 1945. He went on to be a BC Provincial MLA and later a Burnaby Municipal Council Member along with various other pursuits. See Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds for full biography.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Symbols - - Status Symbols
- Object Term
- Insignia
Images
badge; insignia
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact48167
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV005.2.28
- Description
- Badge, insignia; gold, black; two embroidered pistols with gun barrels crossed over each other; sharpshooter with pistol appointment badge
- Object History
- R.C.M.P., pistol proficiency badge.
- Reference
- http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/unif/badge-insigne-eng.htm#rankofficers
Images
badge; insignia
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact48169
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV005.2.30
- Description
- Badge, insignia; gold, black; two embroidered rifles with gun barrels crossed over each other; sharpshooter with rifle appointment badge
- Object History
- R.C.M.P., rifle proficiency badge.
- Reference
- http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/unif/badge-insigne-eng.htm#rankofficers
Images
badge sash
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87427
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.47
- Description
- badge sash, Girl Guides; Copen blue poly-cotton rectangle with triangular ends. Worn over the right shoulder. Decorated with the following earned Girl Guide badges: Wings (Brownie), Challenge Emblem (laurel wreath), Citizen (green maple leaf), Little House Emblem (Queen Elizabeth II’s doll house), Baker (orange loaf), Hostess (green cup & saucer), Cook (mixing bowl & milk bottle), Thrift (gold bee), Be Prepared Emblem (flaming cattail torch), First Aid (red cross), Home Nurse (white cross), Fire Safety (red firefighter's helmet), Rescuer (white stretcher), Health (green serpent) and Hiking (yellow hiking figure). Physical Fitness Emblem (figure doing the splits in blue, over a red maple leaf), Sport (crossed racquets), Team Sport (three sports balls & a curling stone), Swimming (white dolphin), Skating (white ice skate & roller skate), Camping Emblem (triangular badge, white tent with orange fire), Music Fan (blue treble clef), Camp Leader (white tents around red fire), Outdoor Cook (cooking pot suspended over fire), Pet Lover (white seated dog), Writing (red quill & scroll), Junior Camper (white tent with white flowers), Backyard Cook (crossed roasting forks), Camp-Out (green bedroll), Campfire Leading (brown log campfire), Outdoor Adventures (yellow figure climbing), Creative Drama (pink comedy & tragedy masks), Child Care (red & white blocks), Lifesaver Helper (orange & white lifesaver), Ecology (sprouting bean seed), Emergency Helper (red glowing lantern) and Heritage (red map of Canada).
- Object History
- Note from donor: Girl Guides badge sash (1970's to 1990's). Would be worn with Girl Guides uniform, a blue beret, brown leather belt, a tie/scarf from the appropriate era and a badge sash.
- Reference
- http://www.girlguides.ca/WEB/Documents/ON/Archives/Guide%20Badges%20A%20to%20G%20v3.pdf
- http://www.girlguides.ca/WEB/Documents/ON/Archives/Guide%20Badges%20H%20to%20Z%20v3.pdf
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Subjects
- Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Clothing - Accessory
- Personal Symbols
- Personal Symbols - Badges
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
Images
blazer crest
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact85528
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV014.33.4
- Description
- Royal Canadian Air Force Veteran's Blazer or Pocket crest. The crest is embroidered on to heavy felt with a canvas backing. The crest features an eagle in flight surrounded by the RCAF motto "PER ARDVA AD ASTRA" and the "ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE" embroidered below. At the top of the crests is the King's crown. On the back of the patch are three stud pins for affixing to a blazer pocket.
- Object History
- Thomas "Tom" Charles Mark was born in 1923 and grew up in New Westminster where his father operated a Shell gas station at 402 6th St. He went to High School at Oak Bay in Victoria. Mr. Mark joined the Canadian Air Force in World War Two and was a Corpral - Air Frame Mechanic. He met his wife Joan Patricia (Dunne) Mark (1924-1987) in England and married her in 1945 before they returned to Canada. Their son was born in 1947. Mark was an active community volunteer and awarded the Kushiro Cup as Citizen of the Year in 1995.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Symbols - - Status Symbols
- Object Term
- Insignia
- Measurements
- w: 9.5 cm h: 9.5 cm
Images
button
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact3559
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.11.6
- Description
- Brass button; with image of crown
Images
button
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact3560
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.11.7
- Description
- Brass button; with image of crown
Images
button
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact3561
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.11.8
- Description
- Brass button; with image of crown
Images
button
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact3562
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.11.9
- Description
- Button; silver colour.
- Marks/Labels
- "POLICE FORCE", embossed on front of button "J. R. GAUNT & SON Ltd. / MONTREAL", stamped on back of button
Images
button
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact3563
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.11.10
- Description
- Button; silver colour
- Marks/Labels
- "POLICE", embossed on front of button "W. SOULLY LTD / MONTREAL", stamped on back of button
Images
button
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79103
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV007.4.4
- Description
- Brass Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) buttons with image of eagle in flight and crown above.
- Object History
- Worn by Thomas Charles Mark, while serving in RCAF during WWII.
- Subjects
- Personal Symbols
Images
button
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79123
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV007.4.5
- Description
- Brass Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) buttons with image of eagle in flight and crown above.
- Object History
- Worn by Thomas Charles Mark, while serving in RCAF during WWII.
- Subjects
- Personal Symbols
Images
button
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79124
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV007.4.6
- Description
- Brass Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) buttons with image of eagle in flight and crown above. The surface is badly corroded.
- Object History
- Worn by Thomas Charles Mark, while serving in RCAF during WWII.
- Subjects
- Personal Symbols
Images
button
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79125
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV007.4.7
- Description
- Brass Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) buttons with image of eagle in flight and crown above.
- Object History
- Worn by Thomas Charles Mark, while serving in RCAF during WWII.
- Subjects
- Personal Symbols
Images
button
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79126
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV007.4.8
- Description
- Brass Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) buttons with image of eagle in flight and crown above. The surface of edge and back is corroded.
- Object History
- Worn by Thomas Charles Mark, while serving in RCAF during WWII.
- Subjects
- Personal Symbols
Images
button
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79127
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV007.4.9
- Description
- Brass Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) buttons with image of eagle in flight and crown above.
- Object History
- Worn by Thomas Charles Mark, while serving in RCAF during WWII.
- Subjects
- Personal Symbols
Images
button
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79128
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV007.4.10
- Description
- Brass Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) buttons with image of eagle in flight and crown above. The surface of front is badly corroded.
- Object History
- Worn by Thomas Charles Mark, while serving in RCAF during WWII.
- Subjects
- Personal Symbols
Images
button
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79129
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV007.4.11
- Description
- Brass Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) buttons with image of eagle in flight and crown above. The surface of back is corroded.
- Object History
- Worn by Thomas Charles Mark, while serving in RCAF during WWII.
- Subjects
- Personal Symbols
Images
button
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79130
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV007.4.12
- Description
- Brass Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) buttons with image of eagle in flight and crown above.
- Object History
- Worn by Thomas Charles Mark while serving in RCAF during WWII.
- Marks/Labels
- "R.C.A.F.", embossed on the face of the button under the embossed eagle
- Subjects
- Personal Symbols
Images
buttons
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79104
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- X2892
- Description
- 2 brass buttons with an image of stag's head caboshed between "72" and banner reading "Highlanders". "Moore Taggart & Co. Glasgow" is on the back.
- Object History
- Buttons are from 72nd Regiment of Canadian Seaforth Highlanders, WWI period.
- Subjects
- Personal Symbols
Images
