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Object Number
969-2-10/49884
Display Title
Different buttons used by the mounted police. strap of moose skin and mountain
Descriptions
Object Description
3 buttons of Canadian Mounted Police Different buttons used by the mounted police. strap of moose skin and mountain sheep.
Inventory Description
Brass buttons of the Canadian Mounted Police with shanks on the back and domed, molded fronts; lettering on the front of one button reads: "CANADA / NWMP"; lettering on the front of another button reads: "CANADA / MILITIA"; lettering on the front of the last button reads: "CANADA / MAINTENAINS LE ROI / ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE"; letting on back obscured by leather support
Classification
- Button
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
Yukon
/
<County>
/
Dawson City
Additional Geographic Terms
Yukon Territories
Materials
Brass Leather
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement of One Button): 1.8 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm (11/16 x 1 x 1 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
969-2-10/49884
Provenance
Collector
Mr. Clyde G. Williams
(1933)
Collector
Mrs. Clyde G. Williams
(1933)
Donor
Dr. Stephen Williams
(1969)
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