Housser 1933 - Royal Regiment Patch
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- Material
- Cloth
- Description
- A navy square patch with gold threaded Royal Regiment badge in the center.
- Collection
- Housser Collection
- Title
- The Royal Regiment of Canada Patch Belonging to John G. Housser
- Name Access
- Housser, John G.
- Original Owner
- John G. Housser
- Category
- Clothing
- Sub-Category
- Clothing - Accessory
- Start Date
- 1936
- End Date
- 1958
- Description
- A navy square patch with gold threaded Royal Regiment badge in the center.
- Public Description
- A Royal Regiment of Canada patch owned by John G. Housser 1933. Between 1936 and 1937, Housser served as Second Lieutenant of the Royal Grenadiers, and, in 1938, he joined the Royal Regiment of Canada. He volunteered for active military service in 1939, serving in Iceland's "Z" Force (1940), in England (1941-1942), and at the battle of Dieppe in France (1942). In 1942, Housser was taken as a Prisoner-of War and detained in Eichstätt, Germany in Offlag 7B until the end of the Second World War in 1945.
- Material
- Cloth
- Culture
- Old Boys
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Accession No.
- 2022-742
- Type
- Artifact