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Old Jan 23rd 2009, 11:16 pm
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We have in our attic two Canadian canvas life jackets dating from World War II. I have been on the internet for over an hour now trying to find other Canadian canvas life jackets from World War II and have come up with NOWT!

Can anyone help? Am I calling them the wrong thing?
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You could try this, it might help http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_flotation_device
Is there any identification labels or stencilling on them?

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Old Jan 23rd 2009, 11:52 pm
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It says

Made in Canada - John Leckie Limited Toronto on the back; and

Department of Transport Standard Life Jacket on the front.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (creator of Sherlock Holmes) married a Jean Leckie in 1907. He is also referred to as the inventor of the life-preserver.

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Try Life Vest+WW2 & also Mae West+Life Preserver

PFD is a more recent term and not used in WW2
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Default Re: Life Jackets/Life Preservers....

Originally Posted by AmyDavid
It says

Made in Canada - John Leckie Limited Toronto on the back; and

Department of Transport Standard Life Jacket on the front.
According to this, http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/compa...ccc-leckie.htm
the company is still in business with it's HQ in Don Mills. I'm not sure what you need to know, but they might help.
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http://www.tmhs.ca/

http://bobsnautical.50megs.com/custom2.html

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Thanks you lot! I knew I could rely on you! It's still driving me crazy though because nothing I find looks like what we have!! I will have to take a snap of it tomorrow to show you!
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John Leckie used to have a store in Halifax but I can
t find it now so it has probably gone by the wayside.....Sounds like an interesting find. Why don't you call the Maritime Museum Of the Atlantic maybe they can give you some info about them. They probably wouldn't be worth much mostly historical value I would think. What a great find though.
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Try phoning or e-mailing the Maritime museum in Halifax.
They may be able to help.
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Yeah I think I will give them a call. I have taken a few pictures of it now, so that I can e-mail it over to them. It doesn't seem to matter what I type in, I just cannot find the exact same thing as the two I have here!
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So here it is....
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Originally Posted by AmyDavid
We have in our attic two Canadian canvas life jackets dating from World War II. I have been on the internet for over an hour now trying to find other Canadian canvas life jackets from World War II and have come up with NOWT!

Can anyone help? Am I calling them the wrong thing?
What is it you want to know?

Haven't you answered your own question: they are life jackets
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Old Jan 27th 2009, 12:37 am
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Originally Posted by Almost Canadian
What is it you want to know?

Haven't you answered your own question: they are life jackets
LOL - well yes they are...but I want to know how old they are and where they might be from. I did look but sadly cannot see the words "Titanic" anywhere on them...
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Originally Posted by AmyDavid
LOL - well yes they are...but I want to know how old they are and where they might be from. I did look but sadly cannot see the words "Titanic" anywhere on them...
But they must be pretty old. They're in Black & White.
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