Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Military Medicine
Classification
Military Medicine
Military Medicine, Dental
Accession Number
010020053
Description
Curved rectangular Royal Canadian Dental Corps army dark green felt shoulder badge; name of corps sewn in yellow block letters in green rectangle with blue border; back shows letters in white on grey rectangle with blue border
Curved rectangular Royal Canadian Dental Corps army dark green felt shoulder badge; name of corps sewn in yellow block letters in green rectangle with blue border; back shows letters in white on grey rectangle with blue border
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
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; dentists first served the Canadian Forces during the Boer War; the name 'Royal Canadian Dental Corps' was conferred upon the association in 1947