RIBBON, PRIZE

Description: A RECTANGULAR PURPLE RIBBON. TOP AND BOTTOM EDGE ARE PINKED. RIBBON READS "LETHBRIDGE & DISTRICT EXHIBITION HOBBY WORLD 2ND", IN GOLD. PINNED TO TOP OF RIBBON IS A PAPER TAG THAT HAS "NO 0205" PRINTED ON IT IN RED. "1990" IS WRITTEN ON TAG IN PENCIL. WRITTEN ON BACK OF TAG, IN BLACK INK, IS "VERY WELL PRESENTED!". THERE IS A PIECE OF STRING TIED THROUGH HOLE IN TOP OF TAG.

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.