Badge, Military
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| Object Name: | Badge, Military |
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| Category: | Status Symbols |
| Material: | Cloth Thread |
| Accession Number: | 2021.0.550 |
| Culture: | Canadian |
| Earliest Production Date: | 1980-01-01 |
| Latest Production Date: | 1997-12-31 |
| Description: | An embroidered cap badge of the Physical Education and Recreation Branch comprised of an oval containing five circles overlaid with an eagle, the oval surrounded by a wreath of maple leaves and surmounted by a Queen's crown, and a scrolled banner at bottom reading "MENS SANA IN CORPORE SANO" which translates to "A sound mind in a sound body". |
| History of Use: | The Physical Education and Recreation Branch was disbanded in 1997. |
| Length: | 7 cm |
| Width: | 5.3 cm |
| Institution: |
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| Institution City: | Halifax |
| Institution Province: | Nova Scotia |