A glass telephone wire insulator, with screw groves inside where you can screw the wood peg into. there are markings on the side that read "DOMINION - 16" as well as the number "48" inside near the top.
A glass telephone wire insulator, with screw groves inside where you can screw the wood peg into. there are markings on the side that read "DOMINION - 16" as well as the number "48" inside near the top.
A dark brown wooden peg shaped as a wedge with two holes on the large flat side of the peg. the top tapers to a screw shape. The screw is used to screw into the glass insulator.
A dark brown wooden peg shaped as a wedge with two holes on the large flat side of the peg. the top tapers to a screw shape. The screw is used to screw into the glass insulator.
World War 1 service pin. A pin rewarded to Canadian veterans who served in World War 1 and returned to Canada.
Physical Condition
good
Material
metal
Inscriptions
CEF
"For Service At The Front"
Accession Number
983.30.2d
Biographical Notes
William George Hatch
Record of Service:
68th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery, Gunner, March, 1917. England, April, 1917. "E" Battery, C.R.A., June, 1917.
France, 18th Battery C.F.A., Aug., 1917. Wounded, Amiens, Aug. 8, 1918. Canada and discharged, Jan., 1919.
Source: University of British Columbia's Record of Service, 1914 - 1918, published 1924
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According to his CEF Attestation Papers, he enlisted on 6 Mar 1917, he was 22 years and 11 months old.
