1957.111.1

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Details

ID Number

1957.111.1

Category

Personal Artifacts

Sub-category

clothing - headwear

Item Name

hat

Maker

Hawkes & Co.

Materials

VELVET TEXTILE, TAFFETA METAL, BRASS METAL, GOLD LEATHER, UNKNOWN

Measurements

overall: 16 1/2 in x 6 in

Description

military hat with plume; badge on front; gold braid on side; feather plum on top; gold, black and red; badge reads "21"; leaf design; exploding bomb badge inscribed "Essex Fusiliers"

History

Owned by Col.Remi Casgrain surgeon of the 21st Regiment of the Essex Fusiliers during WWI,(aka Henry Raymond Casgrain M.D.). Married Alice Fraser (daughter of Alexander Fraser of Cobourg) 1892. Recovered from the demolition of the family home at 291 Pitt St. West (at Dougall).

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

21st Regiment, Essex Fusiliers organization

Canadian Army

Casgrain, Henry Raymond person

Hawkes & Co. organization

London place

Medical subject

War / Guerre subject