medallion
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact89999
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.35.6
- Description
- medallion; round, gold-coloured metal; suspended from a horizontal bar shaped as a three link chain; front has the numeral "40" set into a dark blue enamel circle, inside a white enamel six-pointed star, inside a red enamel six-armed gear-type shape; back has engraved text reading: "Presented to / BRO. W.M PARKER, P.G. / IN / ROYAL CITY LODGE No 3 / I.O.O.F. / MARCH 27, 1944 / NEW WESTMINSTER / BRITISH COLUMBIA / 14-59 / PLATED". This is a Veteran's Jewel for a continuous membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.). A brother with 40 years of continuous membership would receive this.
- Object History
- Donor's grandfather was William Michael Norton Parker.