MEDAL, COMMEMORATIVE

Description: .1) MEDAL. 13.1CM X 3.3CM X 0.7CM SILVER MEDAL WITH RED, WHITE AND BLUE RIBBON. MEDAL HAS EFFIGY OF QUEN ELIZABETH II ON OBVERSE AND "ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA FID. DEF." RAISED IN RELIEF AROUND EDGE. ON REVERSE IS MAPLE LEAF EMBLEM WITH "CANADA" ACROSS TOP. RIBBON IS TWO BROAD WHITE STRIPES WITH BLUE AND RED STRIPES DOWN CENTRE AND TWO THIN RED STRIPES DOWN EDGES. .2) BOX. 9.5CM X 8.3CM X 1.5CM RECTANGULAR RED CARDBOARD BOX WITH QUEEN'S CROWN AND "ERII" AND "1952-1977" STAMPED ON LID IN SILVER COLOR. INSIDE IS RED FELT COVERED MOLD FOR MEDAL TO SIT IN. .3) LETTER OF AUTHENTICATION. YELLOWING FOLDED SHEET OF PAPER HAS ROYAL COAT OF ARMS IN RED AT TOP. LETTER DESCRIBES MEDAL AND WHO WILL RECEIVE IT. LETTER IS DATED "NOVEMBER, 1977".

History: COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL WAS GIVEN TO DONOR'S FATHER, REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA, POSSIBLY AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE JAPANESE ANGLICAN MISSION. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS FROM VANCOUVER AND WERE INTERNED IN SLOCAN CITY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. FOLLOWING THE WAR THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY MOVED TO COALDALE, ALBERTA. AT COALDALE REV NAKAYAMA FOUNDED THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION WHERE HE WAS RECTOR FROM 1945 TO 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.