Henry Hiroshi Wakabayashi's Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal

Henry Hiroshi Wakabayashi's Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal

Description

Title Proper Henry Hiroshi Wakabayashi's Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 2012
General material designation
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Scope and content
The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal, awarded to Mr. Henry Hiroshi Wakabayashi, O.B.C. The medal is round, 3.2 cm in diameter, and silver coloured. On the front of the medal is Queen Elizabeth II facing right. Circling the outside is the inscription ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA. CANADA. On the reverse side, the queen's inscription is found, surrounded by the dates 1952-2012, and reading VIVAT REGINA.
Name of creator
Henry Wakabayashi is the founder of Pacific Liaicon Ltd., he has helped many major projects such as the Vancouver Sky Train, the expansion of the Vancouver International Airport and the Metro Vancouver drinking water treatment program.
Immediate source of acquisition
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.
This record was digitized in full.

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Henry Hiroshi Wakabayashi's Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal
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