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Letter Opener

A colour image of a letter opener shaped like a saber. The handle, made from a bullet, is attached to a blade made of polished brass and is engraved.

Collection of Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton, Alberta, H11.105.91

brass, plastic, 16.8 x 1.8 x 3.6, First World War, Inscribed on back: “Souvenir to R.S.M. (Regimental Sergeant Major) Pat Docherty” Inscribed on front: “From JNG C. Schindler 114 POW Coy Rouen.”

114 POW Company was a labour company that used German prisoners of war to do manual labour.