MEDALLION

Description: GOLD-COLOURED METAL MEDALLION WITH GREEN BORDER, TEXT WITHIN GREEN BORDER READS, "CITY OF LETHBRIDGE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD." LETHBRIDGE CITY LOGO IN WHITE AT CENTER. REVERSE IMPRINTED WITH TEXT READING, "TAIWAN."

History: MEDALLION AND PIN (P20070006002) WERE DONATED BY DEBORAH SCOTT, WHO AT THE TIME OF DONATION WORKED IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. THIS PARTICULAR MEDALLION WAS NEVER AWARDED. ACCORDING TO DEBORAH SCOTT, MEDALLIONS LIKE THIS WERE USED FROM THE 1970S TO 1990S TO RECOGNIZE CITIZENS WHO HAD RECEIVED BRONZE, SILVER, OR GOLD-LEVEL ACHIEVEMENTS IN COMPETITIONS OF A NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL LEVEL IN CULTURE AND/OR SPORT. THE MEDAL WAS AWARDED AT A DINNER HOSTED BY THE LETHBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL. NOMINATIONS OF CITIZENS THAT MET THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA WERE SOUGHT ANNUALLY FROM THE COMMUNITY. EACH MEDAL WAS ENGRAVED TO COMMEMORATE THE RECIPIENT'S SPECIFIC ACCOMPLISHMENT. THE PROGRAM WAS TERMINATED IN THE 1990S AFTER CORPORATE-WIDE BUDGET CUTS. FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE PERMANENT RECORD.