Collection

Housser Collection

Title

Military Epaulette Belonging to John G. Housser

Name Access

Housser, John G.

Original Owner

John G. Housser

Subject Access

1940s

Clothing

Military

Old Boy

Category

Clothing

Sub-Category

Clothing - Accessory

Start Date

1936

End Date

1958

Description

A gold braid epaulette with a crown pin and three star pins underneath.

Public Description

A gold epaulette with the brigadier insignia in pins attached. 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

Culture

Old Boys

Number Of Parts

1

Accession No.

2022-748

Type

Artifact

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