A Native Chiefs 1885 Riel Rebellion Loyalty Badge Hold but ultimately lived to tell

but ultimately lived to tell the tale after 15 months of hellish imprisonment - an extraordinary story vividly retold by C

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The announcement for his Distinguished Service Medal appeared in the London Gazette of January 1

A Native Chiefs 1885 Riel Rebellion Loyalty Badge Hold but ultimately lived to tellA Native Chiefs 1885 Riel Rebellion Loyalty Badge Silver and enamels, weighing 26. 6 grams, marked "STERLING" and "REG'D'04" on the reverse, illustrating a front facing head of a Native Chief, with feathered headdress, surmounted by a beaver with the Dominion of Canada coat or arms, illustrating the arms of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba, British Columbia and Prince Edward Island (the arms c. 1873 1905) below the beaver and