Housser 1933 - Two Patches
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- Material
- Cloth
- Metal
- Description
- Two blue patches with a gold "C" sewn into the center of each. One patch has two pins: A blue Officer pin and a General Service pin.
- Collection
- Housser Collection
- Title
- Two Officer Patches 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
- Two blue patches with a gold "C" sewn into the center of each. One patch has two pins: A blue Officer pin and a General Service pin.
- Public Description
- Two Officer patches and two pins 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
- Metal
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Accession No.
- 2022-745
- Type
- Artifact
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