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OBSERVER, SA URDAY, FEBRUARY 1-4:, 1!)20.

PRESE TATION 'OF rHE
FREE"nOM TO COL. WlLSON,i M.P.
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witp , conventional sprays of oa k and supported

on four winged feet of Victory. The front pan~1 was otnamented wjth the arm~ of the Borough of
. Reading in heraldic enamel. the arms 16eing s UTToun detl by a wreath of lallrel leaves

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I ~ th~ cen tre of the laurel j reath on the baCk panel was Ithe following inscription :- -_

'.' Presente'd by the Corporation of ~he Borough of Readin g 'with the Honorary Freedom of the
Borough to Lieutenant-Colon el Leslie Orme W i1sc- n, C.M.G .. D.S.O .. the Member of
P~f1iament fer the Borough. 13th FebTu"'"l I920." .
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The top support ed the Hp.m iscd arm s of the BorculJ}, M~mber of Parliament, also in heraldi c ennmel.

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REAQI G COMRADijS OF THE GREAT 'WAR.

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