Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Collection of Canadian Shooting Medals awarded to Major D. H. Gibson

Lord Tweedsmuir Governor General of Canada Presentation Medallion, 51mm, silver, the obverse with co-joined busts of Lord and Lady Tweedsmuir, the reverse with the Tweedsmuir coat of arms, the edge engraved ‘2569 D. H. Gibson. R.M.C. Dec. 1939’; Dominion of Canada Rife Association Medallion (4), 45mm, silver (3), the reverses engraved ‘Michael Faraday D. H. Gibson 1937; The Gillespie Trophy D. H. Gibson; Life Members 1939 D. H. Gibson’; 45mm, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘Tilton Judging Distance D. H. Gibson 1937’; Royal Military College Canada Medallions (4), 31mm, silver (2), the reverse both engraved ‘D. H. Gibson’; 44mm, bronze (2), the reverse both engraved ‘D. H. Gibson’; Ontario Rifle Association Medallions (2), silvered; bronze, both engraved ‘D. H. Gibson’; Upper Canada College Toronto Medals, 35mm, silver (6), the reverses all engraved ‘D. H. Gibson’; Ivan L. C. Gooding Prize Medal, 27mm, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘D. H. Gibson 1939’, with top D.C.R.A. riband bar; together with an unidentified Hamilton, Ontario, Medal, 35mm, silver with gold inklay, the obverse engraved ‘D. H. Gibson’; the recipient’s Royal Life Saving Society Proficiency Medal, bronze, the reverse named ‘D. H. Gibson’; and a silver Boxing Prize Medal, silver, the reverse engraved ‘D. H. Gibson’, all with traces of adhesive to reverse, generally very fine and better (lot) £240-£280