Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Military Medicine
Dental
Classification
Dental
Military Medicine, Dental
Accession Number
010020052 a-b
Description
Yellow metal belt buckle; right side piece (a) with circle with rectangular shape cut out in the middle; vertical hollow rectangle on the right; left side piece (b) with circle embossed with Royal Canadian Dental Corps logo attached via horizontal metal piece to vertical hollow rectangle; the circl…
Yellow metal belt buckle; right side piece (a) with circle with rectangular shape cut out in the middle; vertical hollow rectangle on the right; left side piece (b) with circle embossed with Royal Canadian Dental Corps logo attached via horizontal metal piece to vertical hollow rectangle; the circle of (b) fits into the cut-out circle of (a) to form buckle
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - right side - Size: Length 7.4 cm x Width 7.2 cm x Depth 0.8 cm
b - left side - Size: Length 7.2 cm x Width 6.4 cm x Depth 0.8 cm
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
(a) Embossed on buckle: "ROYAL CANADIAN DENTAL CORPS"; (b) embossed on buckle: "RCDC"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C7-4
Condition Remarks
Few small scratches and dents
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Internet
Reference Comments
"Canadian Forces" website
Research Facts
Dr Ralph and Mrs Olga Crawford donated their extensive Canadian dental collection to the DCF to create the museum in 1997; further donations were received while Dr Crawford was Curator Emeritus at the Dental Canada Museum until its closure in 2008; this item was donated by Dr. Pasquale Duronio from Windsor, Ontario; dentists first served the Canadian Forces during the Boer War; the name 'Royal Canadian Dental Corps' was conferred upon the association in 1947