Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1970

Date Range To

1980

Materials

NICKEL?, STEEL

No. Pieces

1

Height

0.4

Length

12.2

Width

4.3

Description

KEYCHAIN IS RECTANGULAR STEEL LOOP WITH THREE BRAZILIAN SILVER COINS LINKED TO IT. FIRST COIN IS 2.1CM IN DIAMETER WITH "50 CENTAVOS 1944" ON OBVERSE AND "GETULIO VARGAS", "BRASIL" AND RAISED RELIEF PORTRAIT OF A MALE FIGURE ON REVERSE. OTHER TWO COINS ARE THE SAME: 3.0CM IN DIAMETER, "REPUBLICA DOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DO" AND "BRASIL" AROUND EMBLEM OF STAR WITH LEAVES AND "400 REIS", REVERSE HAS STARS SURROUNDING FEMALE PORTRAIT.

Subjects

PERSONAL GEAR

Historical Association

COMMEMORATIVE

History

KEYCHAIN WAS BROUGHT BACK TO CANADA BY DONOR'S FATHER AS A SOUVENIR OF A TRIP TO BRAZIL. DONOR'S FATHER TRAVELLED EXTENSIVELY AS A MISSIONARY AND SPEAKER. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.

Catalogue Number

P19970041354

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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