MEDAL, COMMEMORATIVE

Description: MEDAL AND CASE, STORED SEPARATELY. BRONZE ROUND MEDAL HAS "THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA" ON THE FRONT, AND IS ENGRAVED "CALGARY EXHIBITION & STAMPEDE -1941- GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP FOR WHEAT 2ND PRIZE WON BY J. BRINDLEY LETHBRIDGE. ALTA." BOTTOM HAS COAT OF ARMS WITH "DIEU ET MON DROIT". OTHER SIDE HAS AGRICULTURAL IMAGES, WITH A HORSE IN THE CENTRE, SURROUNDED BY FARM ANIMALS AND VEGETABLES. EDGE IS STAMPED "BIRKS". CASE IS ROYAL BLUE WITH A GOLD ORNATE BORDERED OUTSIDE AND A WHITE VELVET INTERIOR. INSIDE LID IS MARKED "DINGWALL LIMITED", AND HAS A CIRCULAR INDENTATION TO FIT MEDAL, WITH A WHITE SATIN RIBBON WITH "ROYAL BANK OF CANADA" WRITTEN ON IT. BOX HAS A SILVER CLASP AT FRONT AND A COVERED HINGE AT REAR OF CASE. BOTTOM OF CASE IS MARKED "MADE IN GERMANY". CASE IS SHOWING WEAR, AND COIN IS SLIGHTLY DISCOLORED.

History: ITEM BELONGED TO DONOR'S GRANDFATHER, J. BRINDLEY, WHO WAS A WELL-KNOWN LOCAL SEED GROWER. BORN IN STAFFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND IN 1890, HE MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1922 WHERE HE REMAINED UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1964 AT THE AGE OF 74. ARCHIVES HAS A SUBSTANTIAL COLLECTION FROM THIS FAMILY, PLEASE SEE P19961002000-GM OR GP FOR MORE INFORMATION.