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The old Gentleman was kind enough to write a little blurb on a piece of paper:
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<!--fonto:Calibri--><!--/fonto--><!--sizeo:3--><!--/sizeo-->This letter is to confirm that the accompanying medals were awarded to me during my career with the Police Services.<!--sizec--><!--/sizec--><!--fontc--><!--/fontc-->
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<!--fonto:Calibri--><!--/fonto--><!--sizeo:3--><!--/sizeo--><!--sizec--><!--/sizec--><!--fontc--><!--/fontc-->I started with the City of Welland Police Force on Dec. 15, 1958.<!--sizec--><!--/sizec--><!--fontc--><!--/fontc-->
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<!--fonto:Calibri--><!--/fonto--><!--sizeo:3--><!--/sizeo--><!--sizec--><!--/sizec--><!--fontc--><!--/fontc-->On January 1<SUP>st</SUP>, 1971, 12 Municipal Forces were amalgamated into the 1<SUP>st</SUP> Regional Force in Ontario – The Niagara Regional Police Service.<!--sizec--><!--/sizec--><!--fontc--><!--/fontc-->
<!--fonto:Calibri--><!--/fonto--><!--sizeo:3--><!--/sizeo-->It was during this time that I went up through the ranks and when I retired in early 1992, I held the rank of Acting Superintendent in # 2 Division Niagara Falls.<!--sizec--><!--/sizec--><!--fontc--><!--/fontc-->
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<!--fonto:Calibri--><!--/fonto--><!--sizeo:3--><!--/sizeo--><!--sizec--><!--/sizec--><!--fontc--><!--/fontc-->Robert Fralick<!--sizec--><!--/sizec--><!--fontc--><!--/fontc-->Comment
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Finally from the Canadian Honors Website:
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10. Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on">Korea</st1:country-region>
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Award Criteria:
Awarded to former members of the Canadian Forces who were in the qualifying area of <st1:country-region w:st="on">Korea</st1:country-region> and adjacent areas between June 27, 1950 and July 27, 1954 with four further provisions. The recipients were eligible if they were on the strength of a unit in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Korea</st1:country-region> for one day, were on active service aboard a ship for at least 28 days, flew one sortie over <st1:country-region w:st="on">korea</st1:country-region> or Koream waters or had accumulated at least 28 days service in the qualifying area. The medal could be awarded posthumously and 18,460 awards were made. Issued unnamed.
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11. Gulf and <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on">Kuwait</st1:country-region> Medal
Date: 03 June 1991
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Awarded to all members of the Canadian Forces who served in the theatre of operations between August 02, 1990 and June 27, 1991 for a minimum of 30 days cumulative service or who had served during actual hostilities for at least one day between January 16, and March 30, 1991. A bar was awarded to all those who served during hostilities for at least one day. The bar has a silver maple leaf at it’s center. 4,447 medals were awarded, including 3,195 with bar. Issued unnamed.
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Maple Leaf Ribbon pin found under flocking in box
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South-West Asia Service Medal (SWASM)
South-West Asia Service Medal (SWASM)
CONTEXT
The South-West Asia Service Medal recognizes the participation of CF members deployed or in direct support of the operations against terrorism in South-West Asia. The medal is awarded to those employed in direct support, and a bar is added for those deployed into the theatre of operation.
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The South-West Asia Service Medal is awarded for a minimum of 90 days cumulative service in direct support of operations against terrorism in South West Asia from 11 September 2001. Direct support occurs when a member is deployed to a unit or organization outside Canada but not into a specific theatre of operations, and where his or her primary duty is to provide direct assistance on a full-time basis to the operations against terrorism in South-West Asia.
The medal with bar is awarded for 30 days cumulative service after 11 September 2001 in the theatre of operations, which is a subset of the United States Central Command Area of Operation Responsibility (USCENTCOM AOR). The theatre of operations is defined as the land, sea, or air spaces of Afghanistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, Red Sea, Suez Canal and those parts of the Indian Ocean north of 5° South Latitude and west of 68° East Longitude.
CF exchange personnel posted to foreign units or organizations in direct support of operations as described above are eligible for this medal.
All service under the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) is not eligible for the SWASM but qualifies for the ISAF+FIAS bar to either the General Campaign Star or General Service Medal. See the pages for these medals for details.
Visits and inspections do not constitute qualifying service. Specifically, visits for the purpose of leadership, familiarization, ceremonial, or morale by civilian or military VIPs as well as Staff Assistance Visits (SAVs), Staff Inspection Visits (SIVs), and specialist visits for the conduct of summary/criminal/administrative investigations, courts martial, Boards of Inquiry, trial evaluations, academic studies, surveys or other similar administrative activities are excluded from qualification.
DESCRIPTION
The South-West Asia Service Medal is a circular medal, made of nickel-plated red brass (silver in colour), 36 mm across.
On the obverse: The effigy of Her Majesty the Queen of Canada, wearing the King George IV State Diadem, facing right, circumscribed with the legend: “ELIZABETH II • DEI GRATIA REGINA” and at the base of the effigy the word “CANADA” flanked by two small maple leaves; and
On the reverse: A representation of the mythical figure of Hydra, a many-headed serpent of Greek mythology described as a multifarious evil not to be overcome by a single effort, symbolising international terrorism. Each head is different, symbolising the idea that evil is found in every part of the world and that its face is constantly changing. The Hydra is transfixed by a Canadian sword and over the design is the Latin phrase, “ADVERSUS MALUM PUGNAMUS” - “We are fighting evil”.
A claw at the top of the medal, in the form of a cluster of olive leaves representing peace, is
attached to a straight, slotted bar.
The ribbon is 32 mm in width with a white stripe in the middle (12 mm), on either side of which are stripes of black (4 mm), red (2 mm) and sand (4 mm). The black represents the shock of 11 September 2001 for the world and the mourning of the victims of the terror attacks. The sand colour represents the challenges of the theatre of operations, the white is for peace which is the ultimate aim of this operations. The red is for the blood that has been spilled on 11 September 2001 and in the ensuing campaign in the service of peace. Red and white are also the official colours of Canada as appointed by King George V in 1921.
The bar to the medal is made of nickel-plated red brass (silver in colour) with raised edges and bears the inscription “AFGHANISTAN”.
BAR(S)
The “AFGHANISTAN” bar to the medal is awarded to those who served for at least 30 days in the theatre of operations.
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The medal shall be worn in sequence prescribed in the Canadian Orders, Decorations and Medals Directive, and in the following manner:
on the left breast, suspended from the ribbon described above, between the Somalia Medal and the General Campaign Star.
When the bar is awarded, it shall be attached to the center of the ribbon.
A silver maple leaf is worn on the ribbon in undress to denote the award of the bar.
POSTNOMINALS
The use of a post-nominal is not authorized for this medal.
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