RIBBON, PRIZE

Description: RED ROSETTE WITH A PLASTIC BUTTON IN THE CENTER. BUTTON HAS A WHITE BACKGROUND WITH "HOBBY WORLD" ON IT, IN RED. ATTACHED TO ROSETTE ARE TWO DOVETAILED, RED RIBBONS. ONE RIBBON IS CONSIDERABLY SHORTER THAN THE OTHER, IT READS "FIRST". THE LONGER RIBBON READS "WHOOP-UP DAYS LETHBRIDGE & DISTRICT EXHIBITION". THERE IS A CIRCLE OF CARDBOARD ON BACK OF ROSETTE THAT GIVES MANUFACTURER'S NAME, ADDRESS, ETCETERA. WRITTEN ON CARDBOARD IN BLACK FELT IS "UN #1 HANDICAP 1992".

History: SEE P20000091002-GA FOR DONOR HISTORY. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS, INCLUDING THOSE DONATED BY MIKE PROKOP. INFORMATION ABOUT THE DONOR WAS RETREIVED FROM HIS FUNERAL PROGRAM: "MIKE PROKOP, BELOVED HUSBAND OF LYDIA PROKOP OF LETHBRIDGE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AFTER A LENGTHY ILLNESS ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2004 AT THE AGE OF 71 YEARS... MIKE WORKED MANY YEARS AT LETHBRIDGE BATTERY PRIOR TO OPERATING HIS OWN BUSINESS, GENERAL TOY & HOBBY CRAFT. MIKE WAS A MEMBER OF THE 32ND TECH SQUADRON R.C.E.M.E. AND THE 18TH INDEPENDENT FIELD BATTERY REGIMENT... HE ALSO DEVOTED MANY YEARS TO THE ROYAL CANADIAN SEA CADET CORP AS COMMANDING OFFICER AND BAND INSTRUCTOR. HE WAS A LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION SERVING AS POPPY CHAIRMAN AND FIRST VICE." FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, SEE PERMANENT FILE.