Housser 1933 - Artillery Button
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- Material
- Brass
- Description
- A brass uniform button with the Canadian Artillery insignia.
- Collection
- Housser Collection
- Title
- Artillery Uniform Button 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 brass uniform button with the Canadian Artillery insignia.
- Public Description
- A uniform button belonging to John G. Housser. 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
- Brass
- Culture
- Old Boys
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Accession No.
- 2022-750
- Type
- Artifact