Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

North West Canada 1885, no clasp (Pte. Samuel Taber, Alberta Field Force.) contemporarily engraved naming, extremely fine £300-£400

Samuel Taber served with the North West Mounted Police from 1873-79, and was an original Mounty on the march west, being mentioned twice in Steele’s Book of Reminiscences. Discharged from the North West Mounted Police, he was an original member and builder of Fort Saskatchewan, and the 1883 map of Fort Saskatchewan shows him as the owner of Lot 3 on the south side of the river.

Taber served with the Alberta Field Force during the Riel Rebellion, and his medal was sent to the Deputy Minister, 10 February 1899.

Sold with a fair copy memo regarding to the recipient’s discharge from the North West Mounted Police.