Date
Instituted: 1885.
Campaign: Riel's Rebellion 1885.
Description: The obverse depicts the
diademed head of Queen Victoria and the legend ‘VICTORIA REGINA
ET IMPERATRIX’. The reverse has the words ‘NORTH WEST CANADA’
and the date ‘1885’ within a wreath of maple leaves. The suspender
is straight with a claw mounted sweated to the medal.
Metal: Silver.
Size: 36mm.
Clasps: ‘SASKATCHEWAN’.
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Naming: Issued
unnamed but often encountered with private engravings.
Comments: Some 1,760 of these medals
were awarded with only sixteen to British troops the rest being
issued to members of the local forces. Two un-official clasps
of ‘FISH CREEK’ and ‘BATOCHE’ exist but have no value to collectors.
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