Toronto Police War Veteran's Association Certificate of Life Membership

During the First and Second World War many police officers left their posts to serve in the Canadian armed forces fighting overseas. Once they returned to Canada many were able to rejoin police departments all around the country. The Toronto Police War Veteran's Association was one of the largest of its kind, bringing together police officers who had at one point served in the Canadian army. This lifetime membership as presented to a war veteran in January of 1945. 

Toronto Police War Veteran's Association. Life Membership Certificate (Toronto: 1945).

Certificate. 1 page. 29.8cm x 21.5cm.
Ley and Lois Smith War, Memory and Popular Culture Research Collection - The University of Western Ontario - London, Ontario
Second World War