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| Object Name: | Card |
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| Alternative Object Name: | Card, Christmas |
| Object Type: | Greeting |
| Category: | Communication Artefacts |
| Sub-category: | Documentary Artefacts: Other Documents |
| Discipline: | Military History |
| Material: | Paper Fabric |
| Accession Number: | 2009.16.123 |
| Earliest Production Date: | 1918 |
| Latest Production Date: | 1919 |
| Description: | A Christmas Greeting Card made of a piece of paper inside a piece of card, both folded in half once vertically and fixed together by a green ribbon tied through two holes punched through the front two layers near the fold. Inside bears a pre-printed greeting from The Canadian Scottish In the Field with a blank for a name. Signed by Lt. Col. C.W. Peck. |
| Narrative: | Cyrus Wesley Peck VC DSO and Bar (26 April 1871 - 27 September 1956) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Peck was one of seven Canadian to be awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 2 September 1918. Peck was born in Hopewell Hill, New Brunswick to a family that had emigrated from New England in 1763. Peck was 16 years old when his father moved the family to New Westminster, British Columbia. Peck took military training and crossed the Atlantic to join the British Army then changed his mind. He returned to Canada and would volunteer for the Boer War. He was not accepted for duty. He next moved to Klondike, Yukon. When First World War began he was in Prince Rupert, British Columbia and working in a salmon cannery. |
| History of Use: | Collection of cards relating to the Lynds family of Hopewell Cape. |
| Height: | 13,3 |
| Width: | 8,8 |
| Unit-Linear: | cm |
| Quantity: | 1 |
| Number of Components: | 1 |
| Marks/Labels: | Christmas Greetings 16 DEAS GU CATH |
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| Institution City: | Hopewell Cape |
| Institution Province: | New Brunswick |