Description
Quebec, Montreal - The Montreal City and District Savings Bank Awarded 50mm Bronze Medal 44.25 grams Charlton 5275-15 Variety 1 Small Size
Obverse: beehive with flowers and bees, A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING / EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE
Reverse: wreath, PRIZE FOR ORDER AND THRIFT AWARDED TO ADELA HUSYLAK ST PATRICK'S ELEM. SCHOOL DONATED BY THE MONTREAL CITY AND DISTRICT SAVINGS BANK 1939
There are different medals for this bank, while this one states ORDER AND THRIFT, others are for APPLICATION AND PERSONALITY, and French versions for D'ORDRE ET D'ÉCONOMIE, D’APPLICATION ET DE PERSONNALITE and HOMAGE AUX NEO-CANADIEN and they come in both 50mm and 63mm size. They were made by two different manufacturers, Henry Birks and Sons and Lamonde Et Fils with the change to the latter coming c1932
