Housser 1933 - Arctic Medal
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- Material
- Metal
- Cloth
- Description
- A silver medal with a blue and white stripe ribbon.
- Collection
- Housser Collection
- Title
- Arctic Campaign Medal Belonging to John G. Housser
- Name Access
- Housser, John G.
- Original Owner
- John G. Housser
- Category
- Personal Artifacts
- Sub-Category
- Ceremonial Artifact
- Start Date
- 1936
- End Date
- 1958
- Description
- A silver medal with a blue and white stripe ribbon.
- Public Description
- A British medal for the Arctic Campaign of WWII 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
- Metal
- Cloth
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Accession No.
- 2022-753
- Type
- Artifact