This display represents Recipes and Menus for meals, mess dinners, dining-ins, and other special occasions. The meals and dinners were prepared by or supervised by CWO David LeBlanc, former RSM of 17 and 38 Service Battalions.
Category archives: Museum Artifact
Transport and Supply Miscellaneous
Cloth shoulder title for a “SERVICE BATTALION” – Blue with yellow lettering. Cloth shoulder title for the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps (R.C.A.S.C.), the Transport component of a Service Battalion. Blue with White Lettering. A Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps (RCOC) desk plaque, donated by former Supply Officer LCol Reg Churchward. 17 Service Battalion Non-Commissioned Officers …
Badges and Crests
This crest from the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps was typically worn on the left pocket of a navy-blue blazer (blue sport coats). A pre-integration Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps (RCOC) hat badge. Ordnance is the supply component of a Service Battalion. This was a general service badge worn mostly by recruits from the 1950s to post-unification. …
Cane, Drill
This is a Provost drill cane with Corps insignia used and donated by WO2 Fred Johnson, 13 Provost Company, Winnipeg, MBA military drill cane, also known as a pace stick, is a tool used by non-commissioned officers and cadets in the Canadian military to measure distance, intervals, and pace length. Bugle majors in light infantry, …
Medical Miscellaneous
Tie Wounded British empire soldiers wore a red convalescent tie during the first and second World Wars while recovering. During the Great War (1WW) and earlier, wounded, convalescing soldiers wore a blue uniform with a white shirt and a red tie while in hospital. This practice continued up to and after the Second World War. …
Photos, Walls
Historical photos and posters.
Flashes, Shoulder and Badges, Cap
Canadian Officers’ Training Corps The Canadian Officers’ Training Corps (COTC) was, from 1912 to 1968. Canada’s university officer training program was fashioned after the University Officers’ Training Corps (UOTC) in the United Kingdom. In World War Two the Canadian Army was able to produce quality officers because of the high standards of the COTC. Canadian Postal …
Stick, Glow
A glow stick, also known as a light stick or chem light, is a self-contained, short-term light-source. It consists of a translucent plastic tube containing isolated substances that, when combined, make light through chemiluminescence. The light cannot be turned off and can be used only once.Glow sticks are often used for recreation, such as for …
Books and Manuals, Reference
During the Cold War era [1947 to 1991], the perceived enemy of the West was the USSR and Warsaw Pact countries. Most reserve military intelligence personnel studied Canadian as well as Warsaw Pact tactics, uniforms and insignia, weapons, organizations, and equipment to prepare for a potential conflict. Until the late 1960s this study also included …
Miscellaneous, Maintenance
Cap MA cap, men’s, winter, fur worn during the unification period with RCEME insignia. Lighter Lighter, zippo, commemorative with RCEME crest, 1944 -1994. Plaque This plaque was made by the 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade Workshop (RCEME) of the 3rd Canadian Inf Div. in Ghent, Belgium in 1944. RCEME was a founding component of the Winnipeg …