Indian Peace Medals
1901 Calgary Assembly Medal. Silver. Jamieson Fig. 39. Choice Very Fine.
64.8 mm (without integral hanger). 1592.6 grains. Original suspension loop at 12:00, slightly bent. Obv: conjoined busts of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York at center, legends and ornamental border around. Rev: royal arms at center, date and assembly location below, presentation inscription around. Pleasing medium gray silver with traces of soft lavender in the fields and deeper patina in the recesses. Seemingly an awarded medal with scattered small marks on both sides and along the rims. Struck for presentation to head chiefs of a large gathering of Blackfoot, Blood, Piegan, Sarcee, Stony and Cree representatives said to number around 2,000 people who had gathered to express loyalty to the English Crown at Calgary in 1901. The Duke specified that King Edward VII had ordered the striking of award medals to be distributed, with silver ones intended for the Head Chiefs.
Ex Early American History Auctions by direct sale, January 2013.
Estimate: $1500