Auction Catalogue

11 & 12 December 2013

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 500

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11 December 2013

Hammer Price:
£2,300

Pair: Private A. S. McCormick, Royal Canadian Regiment, a resident of Westmount, Canada

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (7730 Pte. A. S. Mc Cormick, Rl. Candn: Regt.) clasps loose on ribbon as issued; Westmount Tribute Medal, gold and enamels, 35 mm x 28 mm, the obverse with depiction of town and rising sun, union jack below, ‘Town of/Westmount/Canada’ on three panels enamelled red, white and blue, surmounted by Imperial crown and two scrolls inscribed with town motto ‘Animo et Fide’; the reverse inscribed ‘Presented by the town of Westmount to A. S. McCormick as a recognition of his services to Queen and Empire in South Africa’, name engraved remainder struck, the two scrolls with dates ‘1899 1900’, small ring for suspension, mounted as worn, damage to enamels on the second, nearly very fine, the first good very fine, very rare (2) £1500-2000

The only Canadian tribute medal recorded by Hibbard is that for Toronto.

Westmount was a small town on the island of Montreal, Quebec, and is now an affluent enclave of the city.