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Canadian Militia Cap Badges

          
          Victorian Canadian Militia Cap Badge 1855

Canadian Militia Belt Buckles

        
           Victorian Canadian Militia Belt Buckle

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North West Mounted Police

 

                                                                                   
                                                                                             Colonel James Alexander Farquharson MacLeod
                                                                                      Commissoner of the North West Mounted Police 1876-1880
                                                                                                                           Fort Calgary

                             
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                                                      Rare North West Mounted Police Shooting Medal
                                                                                                Obverse reads S. MAJ. / T. FLINTOFF / 1897
                                                      Sergeant-Major James Thomas Flintoff served in the NWMP from April 22, 1885 to April 30, 1911. 
                                 He won the "Best Revolver Shot in the Force" for the years 1895, 1896 and 1897 and received a medal for each year.
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Enfield revolver issued in the late 1880's to S/M J. T. Flintoff, who won the NWMP Silver Shooting Medal shown above.  Although not confirmed, there is a high probability this was the revolver he used to win the medal. Close-up of Cartouche on left side of grip "NWMP" over "100" over "CANADA".
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Beaumont-Adams Revolver - First Revolver issued to the North West Mounted Police 1874. North West Mounted Police Holster - Marked "NWMP" on the flap. (Artifacts Not For Sale)



Snider-Enfield Carbine first carbine issued to the NWMP in 1874
(Carbine Not For Sale)


Winchester Model 1876 Carbine - North West Mounted Police issue
(Carbine Not For Sale)

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Canadian Militia Shooting Medal

                 

 

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Canadian Military Handguns


Colt 1851 Navy - British Manufacture - Marked "UC - C- 6 "

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Canadian Military Rifles and Carbines




Enfield Artillery Carbine - Marked "UC"



Spencer Carbine Model 1865 - Marked "CM" - Canadian Militia Queen's Own Rifles

                            
                                                      Snyder-Enfield .577
                              Marked "QOR" - Queen's Own Rifles used in the
                                                 Northwest Rebellion 1885

Fenian Raid Rifle- U.S. 1865 Bridesburg Springfield            Fenian mark "IN" - Irish Nationals

Canadian Issued Peabody Rifle .50-60

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Canadian Military Medals

North West Medal 1885 with SASKATCHEWAN clasp  named to W.H.T. LOWRY   CORP.   N.W.M.P. Corporal William Hay Talbot LOWRY was born in Ireland on December 2, 1854; later he served as a Captain in the Galway Militia.   He emigrated to Canada and joined the NWMP on June 7, 1883, and was assigned Regimental Number 907.   During the North West Rebellion, he was attached to "E" Division {headquartered at Calgary} and was among some 75 members of the NWMP who fought in the Battle of Cut Knife Hill on May 2, 1885.  During that battle, LOWRY was mortally wounded; he died the following day.

Fenian Raid Medal 1866

Left medal -North West Canada Medal - awarded for service in the Northwest Rebellion of 1885 Right medal - is a Canada Long-Service medal. Both awarded to Joseph Crowe   See book "Prairie Fire -The 1885 North-West Rebellion by Bob Beal & Rod MacLeod for excerpts from Joseph Crowe's dairy pages 174 - 175

                                    

 

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T.V. Programs of the North West Mounted Police
     THE NORTH-WEST MOUNTED POLICE: THE GREAT MARCH
     The North West Rebellion - CBC Canada A Peoples History

Research Canadian Military History
      Canadian Military History Project
      Saskatoon Public Library - Northwest Rebellion
      Documenting Military Service in Canada and Abroad 1885 - 1918 A Short Guide to Sources -Glenn Wright

CANADIAN HISTORY BOOKS