Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALLION

Date

1975

Materials

PLASTIC, BRASS

No. Pieces

2

Height

1.8

Length

8

Width

8

Description

.1) CASE. EIGHT SIDED CLEAR PLASTIC CONTAINER WITH CIRCULAR MOLD IN CENTER TO HOLD MEDALLION. .2) MEDALLION. 5.8CM (D) X 0.7CM (H) CIRCULAR BRASS MEDALLION WITH RAISED CRISS-CROSS PATTERN ALONG EDGE. OBVERSE OF MEDALLION HAS "HAPPY. LIFE. MR. G. N" HAND STAMPED INTO METAL. REVERSE HAS "KURE JAPAN 1975" STAMPED INTO IT.

Subjects

PERSONAL SYMBOL

Historical Association

COMMEMORATIVE

History

MEDALLION WAS GIVEN TO DONOR'S FATHER, REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA, ON A TRIP TO JAPAN IN 1975. REV. NAKAYAMA TRAVELLED EXTENSIVELY AS A ANGLICAN MISSIONARY. 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

P19970041614

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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