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- Sat Dec 06, 2014 9:58 pm
- Forum: Canadian Tokens and Medals
- Topic: 1969 Octoberfest Token ? - Any additional info ?
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Re: 1969 Octoberfest Token ? - Any additional info ?
As you suspect this was the forerunner of Oktoberfest though its usually considered the first Oktoberfest in Kitchener-Waterloo. In the last half of the 1800s they held several Saengerfests that were mainly German musical festivals but also included gymnastics/sports apparently. They came to a stop ...
- Fri Apr 05, 2013 7:36 pm
- Forum: Canadian Tokens and Medals
- Topic: Jerusalem of Gold 25th Anniversary
- Replies: 6
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Re: Jerusalem of Gold 25th Anniversary
I'm not going to bring a political discussion into such a forum but I do think its important to point out Israel is the only country in the world who considers the city of Jerusalem to be a unified city but I thought that was only very recent and more of a statement of intent than anything and even ...
- Thu Apr 04, 2013 6:07 pm
- Forum: Canadian Tokens and Medals
- Topic: Need help identifying unusual version of TSB 4 year medal
- Replies: 2
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Re: Need help identifying unusual version of TSB 4 year meda
Well I just checked out the Toronto Archives site while looking for a history page on the Toronto School Board and it looks like this was an official 4 year medal by PW Ellis who produced them between 1889 and 1902, possibly alongside McKendry which they have listed as either starting to make them i...
- Thu Apr 04, 2013 4:39 pm
- Forum: Canadian Tokens and Medals
- Topic: Need help identifying unusual version of TSB 4 year medal
- Replies: 2
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Need help identifying unusual version of TSB 4 year medal
Hi there, a good friend recently gave me some coins from her deceased father's collection, this was among them and it has me totally stumped. I've seen many hundreds of these Toronto School Board 4 years good conduct medals and have all the official versions of it except the official PW Ellis versio...