| One was given to the society in celebration of Bastille Day, and the other was presented by the Union Des Amicales Regionalistes Du Loiret, an organisation dedicated to the preservation of the cultural heritage of France’s regions.
The society’s secretary, Harry Hall, said the medallions would be on “permanent loan” to the twinning room, a repository for memorabilia from Dundee’s twin cities around the world.
He added, “A member of our society is also a member of the town twinning association with Orleans, and it was suggested to us it might be appropriate to approach the Lord Provost to see if he would like to display them in the twinning room.
“They have just been sitting in a drawer all these years, and we thought it would be better if people were able to see them.”
The society’s chairman, Shirley Mackie, made the presentation of the medallions to Mr Letford. |
