Housser 1933 - Military Beret
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- Material
- Cloth
- Description
- A navy beret with two patches on the front. One patch is for the Royal Regiment of Canada, and the crest of the Canadian Armed Forces.
- Collection
- Housser Collection
- Title
- The Royal Regiment of Canada Beret Belonging to John G. Housser
- Name Access
- Housser, John G.
- Original Owner
- John G. Housser
- Category
- Clothing
- Sub-Category
- Clothing - Headwear
- Start Date
- 1936
- End Date
- 1958
- Description
- A navy beret with two patches on the front. One patch is for the Royal Regiment of Canada, and the crest of the Canadian Armed Forces.
- Public Description
- A military beret belonging to 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.
- 2022-743
- Type
- Artifact