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Canada/France Vimy Ridge medallion
- Part Of
- John J. Glass fonds
- Artifacts series
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Fonds 109; Series 1; Item 5
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Part Of
- John J. Glass fonds
- Artifacts series
- Level
- Item
- Fonds
- 109
- Series
- 1
- Item
- 5
- Material Format
- object
- Date
- 1936
- Physical Description
- 1 medallion : bronze ; 5 cm in diam.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a bronze medallion. Canada and France are written vertically on both sides of a woman looking to the ground and dangling a wreath by her side. She is standing on a stage that has the text VIMY. Text on the statue reads: "Canadian Pilgrimage." The other side of the medallion has an image of the Canadian war memorial at Vimy Ridge with a dedication underneath it that reads: "In memoriam sexacinto millum Canadiensium oui annon domini MCMXIV-MCMXVIII arms vitra mare vitam pro patria vitro dediderunt."
- Subjects
- Monument commémoratif du Canada à Vimy (Pas-de-Calais, France)
- Places
- Vimy (France)
- Source
- Archival Descriptions