Excerpt from Chapter 8 A

Commemorative and Historical Medals

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<<Editorial>>. - CA : Vol. 1, no. 3 (Jan. 1873). - p. 141 - 142. - describes an "error" French copper medal whereby the reverses of the "Founding of Louisbourg" and the 1763 "Treaty of Paris" medals are muled

<<Canadian tribute to the memory of an English artist>>. - CA : Vol. 2, no. 3 (Jan. 1874). - p. 115 - 117, ill. - biography of Joseph Wyon, creator of the 1867 Confederation Medal and the Great Seal of Canada

<<Notes and Queries : Letter to the "Canadian Antiquarian">>. - CA : Vol. 2, no. 4 (April 1874). - p. 191 - 192. - discusses the unique(?) Onondaga medal of about 1760

<<"De Levi" medal>>. - CA : Vol. 3, no. 2 (Oct. 1874). - p. 94 - 95. - background of Francois Christophe de Levi " whose Bust and Arms appear on one of the Medals in the Canadian Series", reprinted in AJN : Vol. 9, no. 3, p. 70 - 71

<<Medals for Indians>>. - CA : Vol. 3, no. 2 (Oct. 1874). - p. 95 - 96. - brief mention of thirty different medals presented to the Iroquois in 1753

<<Medal relating to Newfoundland>>. - CA : Vol. 5, no. 1 (July 1876). - p. 37 - 38. - description and historical background commemorating the British recapture of St. John's from the French on Sep. 18, 1762

<<Meetings of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society>>. - CA : Vol. 5, no. 3 (Jan. 1877). - p. 138 - 140. - exhibited by Gerald Hart: Louis XV silver medal for Indian presentation (believed to be unique); small silver medal featuring facing busts of George III and Queen Charlotte (supposedly for Indian presentation); George III silver medals for the Peace of Paris (1763) in 38mm and 48mm sizes; Agricultural Society of Montreal medal

<<New medalets>>. - CA : Vol. 6, no. 4 (April 1878). - p. 179 - 180. - notes the Windsor Hotel (Montreal) and Death of Pope Pious IX commemorative medalets in white metal for 1878

<<"Upper Canada Preserved" medal>>. - CA : Vol. 7, no. 3 (Jan. 1879). - p. 107 - 109. - background information on the demise of the medal

<<Indian Medal - query?>>. - CA : Vol. 7, no. 3 (Jan. 1879). - p. 110 - 111. - details behind Indian medal presentations in 1823 and 1825

<<New Indian medal>>. - CA : Vol. 9, no. 1 (July 1880). - p. 12. - notice that R.W. McLachlan was in possession of a large silver medal (3" diameter, 7 oz. - weight) presented to Indian Chiefs in 1875

<<Chateau de Ramezay medals>>. - CA : Vol. (Jan. 1898). - p. 20 - 22, ill. - catalogue of five medals in the Chateau de Ramezay collection, with illustrations of the Tiffin Medal and Desroches Medal

<<Canada's Confederation Medal>>. - CNJ : Vol. 5, no. 10 (Oct. 1960). - p. 491

<<Nova Scotia decimal coinage 1861 - centennial medal - 1961>>. - CNJ : Vol. 5, no. 12 (Dec. 1960). - p. 582 - 583, ill. - specifications and design of a medal to be produced by the Halifax Coin Club to commemorate the centennial of Nova Scotia's decimal coinage

<<Vancouver's new Canadian medallion>>. - CNJ : Vol. 6, no. 5 (May 1961). - p. 236 - 237, ill. - details of a medal issued by the Vancouver Numismatic Society to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Vancouver

<<City of Victoria centennial medal (1862 - 1962)>>. - CNJ : Vol. 7, no. 4 (April 1962). - p. 214 - 216, ill. - description of a medal issued by the Victoria Numismatic Society to commemorate the centennial of Victoria, British Columbia

<<Prince Edward Island centennial commemorative medal>. - CNJ : Vol. 9, no. 6 (June 1964). - p. 241. - article on a medals issued in 1964 to commemorate the centennial of the Conference of the Fathers of Confederation in Charlottetown

<<Club strikes Sarnia golden jubilee medal>>. - CNJ : Vol. 9, no. 9 (Sep. 1964). - p. 366. - description of a medals issued by the Sarnia Numismatic Society to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Sarnia, Ontario

<<Fine Churchill medal>>. - CNJ : Vol. 10, no. 9 (Sep. 1965). - p. 366, ill. - article on a Canadian tribute medal to Winston Churchill, designed by Emanuel Hahn and his wife Elizabeth Wyn-Wood

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