1592970597000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-141501 1747245967775 1711380504000 1747245848565 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-141501 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141501 14a29794-b44b-31ab-9cfc-d7ae2a6615b9 8 reference term-42993 adlib-term-42993 93884c6f-c60c-39f7-a75d-f84d65288fe0 medal reference term-122711 adlib-term-122711 1db96904-a474-3b61-a8e5-6c2d9dd557ab Lester Watson Collection Coins and Medals Colonial Canada's nineteenth-century history did not lack for secessionist movements, all ultimately unsucessful. In 1870 the Canadian Government began to organise settlement in the North-West Territory, and this was resented by the indigenous peoples, including the Métis groups from whom the revolutionary Louis Riel, involved in the earlier Red River rising, sprang. Riel returned from exile in the United States in 1884 and immediately began to agitate for recognition of Métis rights. In 1885, emboldened by lack of Government response, he set up a Provisional Government and proclaimed himself a divinely-chosen leader, and although general support eluded him numerous indigenous groups took the opportunity to rise on their own accounts. A military response was swiftly forthcoming, and almost all of the Canadian Militia had to be committed to the campaign. Three battles, at the Saskatchewan River, Fish Creek and Batoche, more or less suppressed the various insurgents and the government was able to pacify the Indian discontents with pardons and food supplies. Riel was forced to surrender, and was tried and hanged. He is still regarded as a hero and national father in some Québecois quarters. This medal was awarded to Trooper J. S Hicks of the Alberta Mounted Rifles. It bears the Saskatchewan bar that was added to the medals of those who had fought in any of the three major battles, so Hicks must have seen combat against the rebels. Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928. CM.1407-2009 1 accession number CM.1407-2009 141501 priref 141501 Watson Catalogue 316 ordering M-0290 previous object number LW.0290 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141501 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141501 Bust of Victoria facing left with veil obverse VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX design Inscription surrounded by maple wreath reverse design reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009 reference agent-206432 adlib-agent-206432 e0b1da8e-f9e4-30be-9257-f82c89d45afb Watson, Lester 2009 2009 2009 given on loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum 2005-2009 1885 CE 1885 1885 artist reference agent-147914 adlib-agent-147914 5137dfbe-da76-3132-b042-fd9281d2df44 Wyon, Leonard Charles artist reference agent-18243 adlib-agent-18243 c52dcc1d-f28d-3352-8c3f-b349247967d5 Brock, Thomas ruler reference agent-151398 adlib-agent-151398 bb2cd0a1-0a27-3787-a684-475d3b199972 Victoria (1837-1901) with the title of ruler reference agent-174945 adlib-agent-174945 53c52c53-979d-3cdf-9a0b-6b7b691fe2dd Victoria regina et imperatrix mint reference agent-149658 adlib-agent-149658 4cb81521-c6ef-3826-8224-de2a104139c5 London reference term-106216 adlib-term-106216 825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0 London reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Diameter mm 36.3 Weight g 39.84 reference media-116553 adlib-media-116553 7cbbd005-e4f1-3d44-8ded-c38e205a29cb jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0290_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 122 1742589786673 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0290_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 122 1742589786673 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0290_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 122 1742589786673 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0290_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 122 1742589786673 1 image 0 media image reference media-116554 adlib-media-116554 94b54ef9-51ee-36e3-8ddb-87c154f017c6 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0290_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 121 1742589797750 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0290_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 121 1742589797750 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0290_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 121 1742589797750 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0290_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 121 1742589797750 1 image 1 media image reference term-123021 adlib-term-123021 c786c80a-db2e-3580-8bdb-562becad6266 North West Canada Medal (1885) denomination reference term-98222 adlib-term-98222 b5ccc43a-7491-344e-b6ca-5df39a11c50e medals series reference term-108659 adlib-term-108659 cc732dec-4543-389e-a737-cf22bb7d2ee2 Military subseries reference term-108850 adlib-term-108850 c8716ac1-1c24-34a7-811d-1ed8b76fe888 Canada subsubseries reference term-122838 adlib-term-122838 f00c5146-e71d-395a-a55e-6c5d3efeb034 Canadian Armed Forces subsubsubseries history note Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, bt before 1928 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum 360-361 reference publication-5886 adlib-publication-5886 a6056c29-399c-38dd-9710-5b3f2d44b8a6 British Battles and Medals 7th edn reference publication-5910 adlib-publication-5910 0d1d8526-5493-32bd-93b4-acd4cdcec7f9 British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals From the Collection of Lester Watson (d. 1959)

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