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OBJECT TYPE: TOPOGRAPHICAL/WALL
DATE: 1918
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.1357.016

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Hostile Battery Positions
LOCATION: England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 16
Total Parts: 16
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper covered cloth

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 78.5 cm
Width: 58.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: France
State/Province: Unknown
Period: map is dated July 1918
Canada: Unknown
Function: shows system of trenches & enemy (German) artillery positions/ souvenir of the career of the donor, Mr. Ron E. Norman, a member of the Royal Flying Corps 21 Squadron during WWI; active in aviation & veterans associations throughout the remainder of his life
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: legend reads: "HOSTILE BATTERY POSITIONS/Positions Occupied between 3-7-18 & 20-7-18 [symbols]/Positions Unoccupied between 3-7-18 & 20-7-18 [symbols]"; lettering across top reads: 1/20,000 FRANCE EDITION 8 SHEET 36A.S.E."; lettering across bottom reads: "G.S.,G.S. 2742 Field Survey Batt'n. R.E. 6563 Scale 1:20.000 Ordnance Survey, July 1918"; lettering hand written in pen on border at top right reads: "MR NORMAN/241 ELLIS AVE/SWANSEA, TORONTO, ONT"; lettering hand written on back in pencil reads: "FRANCE (PARADIS)/1/20,000/Sheet 36A SE/Sheet 36A SE/(R.E. Norman) Hostile Arty Disposus(?)/1/20,000"
Missing: N/A
Finish: predom. black on white; trenches, battery positions & other significant features in colour
Decoration: topographical representation of a section of France

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Unknown Manufacturer, Map, 1918, Artifact no. 1988.1357, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1988.1357.016/

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