General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

BRONZE MEDAL/ ENAMELLED PAINT, STORED IN PAPER CASE LINED WITH PAPER SATIN & VELVET/ METAL HINGE & CLASP

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

9.5 cm

Width

9.0 cm

Height

3.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Agriculture

Category

Commemorative

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Brown

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1938

Canada

HIGHLY VALUED AWARD IN CANADIAN AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY. JAMES ROBERTSON AFTER WHOM AWARD IS NAMED FOUNDED THE CANADIAN SEED GROWERS ASSOCIATION (AS PER GAN). HE WAS DOMINION GOV'T DAIRY COMMISSIONER 1890-1904; FIRSTPRINCIPAL OF MACDONALD COLLEGE OF AGR.-1905; CHAIRMAN OF ROYAL COMM. ON TECHNICAL EDUCATION-1909-1913.

Function

PRESENTED BY CANADIAN SEED GROWERS' ASSOCIATION TO HONOUR WORK BY MEMBERS.

Technical

JAMES WILSON ROBERTSON WAS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS SUCCESS IN DEVELOPING THE CHEESE INDUSTRY IN CANADA. HE ESPECIALLY ENCOURAGED ITS GROWTH IN EASTERN REGIONS, WHICH WERE UNABLE TO PRODUCE WHEAT AS CHEAPLY AS PRAIRIE FARMS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MEDAL BEARS TEXT: 'ROBERTSON ASSOCIATE-TOKEN OF MERIT' & INSCRIPTION 'D.L. SCOTT/ 1938'/ CITATION INSIDE CASE READS: 'D.L. SCOTT/ has fulfilled with conspicuous fidelity/ and success his obligations as a mem-/ ber of this Association, in recognition/ of which he has been presented with/ this token and admitted to the status of/ "RobertsonAssociate Membership"/ CANADIAN SEED GROWERS' ASSOCIATION'/ DECORATIVE EMBLEM INCLUDES TEXT: 'CANADIAN SEED GROWERS' ASSOCIATION/ HEREDITY PURITY UTILITY'

Missing

NONE

Finish

SOME AREAS OF BRONZE METAL HAVE BEEN CHEMICALLY TREATED TO PRODUCE BURNISHED APPEARANCE. CENTRAL DECORATION FEATURES BLUE, GREEN, WHITE & GOLD ENAMELLED DECORATION/ CASE EXTERIOR COVERED IN COBALT-BLUE COATED PAPER DECORATED WITH BLACK COWHIDE-GRAIN PATTERN OVERALL & GOLD LEAF TRIM; INTERIOR BASE LINED IN WHITE SATIN & BLUE VELVET

Decoration

DECORATIVE EMBLEM INCORPORATES CORNUCOPIA, MAPLE LEAVES, SHIP, GRAIN ELEVATOR (?) & SHEAVES OF WHEAT. SHEAVES OF WHEAT PROVIDE BORDER AROUND ENAMELLED MOTIF. BOX FEATURES GOLD LEAF BORDERS & TRIMMING FEATURING STRAIGHT & CURVING LINES, DOTS, BLOCKS, GEOMETRIC & DRAPERY-LIKE PATTERNS