MEDALLION

Description: 1. MEDALLION: 10.3CM (L) X 3.3CM (W). BRONZE MEDAL WITH BLUE RIBBON. MEDALLION HAS CREST IN CENTRE WITH RED, BLACK, GOLD, WHITE, BLUE AND GREEN ENAMELED MOTIF. SMALLER PLAIN CREST IN CENTRE. BACKGROUND MEDAL IS EMBOSSED WITH WHEAT STALKS AND OTHER ICONOGRAPHY, AND PARAMETER IS EMBOSSED WITH "THE GRAND LODGE OF ALBERTA ANCIENT FREE & ACCEPTED MASONS". BAR PIN AT TOP ENGRAVED WITH "LETHBRIDGE 39" AND BOTTOM BAR IS EMBOSSED WITH "FIFTY YEARS". BACK OF MEDALLION ENGRAVED WITH "BRO. H. RANNARD INITIATED OCT. 16, 1929". MEDAL IS ATTACHED INTO BLACK CASE BY BROOCH PIN AT TOP. 2. CASE: 13.8CM (L) X 7.4CM (W). BLACK SIMULATED LEATHER FOLDER, WHICH FLIPS UP TO OPEN. INTERIOR LINED WITH BLACK WOOL. MEDALLION ATTACHED TO BACK FLAP. 3. WALLET: 17.5CM (L) X 10.2CM (W). BLACK VINYL FOLDER WITH POCKETS ON BOTH SIDES OF INTERIOR. LEFT POCKET HAS CLEAR PLASTIC COVER.

History: BELONGED TO HERBERT RANNARD, WHO PASSED AWAY APRIL 20, 1995. INITIATED INTO THE GRAND ORANGE LODGE OCT. 16, 1929. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS, INCLUDING THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH HERBERT RANNARD. RANNARD'S OBITUARY FROM THE APRIL 23, 1995 ISSUE OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION. HERBERT RANNARD WAS BORN IN LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND IN 1903. HE GREW UP IN LETHBRIDGE AND WORKED FOR THE CPR IN THE FREIGHT DEPARTMENT. RANNARD MOVED TO VANCOUVER TO WORK AT THE BOEING AIRCRAFT PLANT AT THE START OF WWII, TO BUILD CATALINA AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT AND MITCHELL BOMBERS. AFTER THE WAR RANNARD WORKED AT THE PRECISION INSTRUMENT COMPANY IN VANCOUVER, WHERE HE WAS INVOLVED IN GUN-SMITHING AND FINE INSTRUMENT REPAIR. HE MOVED BACK TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1952 TO MANAGE THE SPORTING GOODS DEPARTMENT OF COUNSUMER'S HARDWARE, WHERE HE WORKED UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1964. RANNARD WAS A COIN COLLECTOR, MEMBER OF THE LETHBRIDGE MASONIC LODGE, AND PLAYED IN A NUMBER OF LOCAL ORCHESTRAS. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, SEE PERMANENT FILE P19910046001.