Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Collection of Canadian Shooting Medals awarded to Colonel C. W. G. Gibson, P.C., M.C., Royal Fusiliers, later Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, sometime Secretary of State for Canada, and a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ontario

Viscount Byng of Vimy Governor General of Canada Presentation Medallion, 51mm, silver, the obverse with co-joined busts of Lord and Lady Byng, the reverse with the Byng coat of arms, the edge engraved ‘Militia Aggregate O.R.A. 1926 C. W. G. Gibson’; Earl of Bessborough Governor General of Canada Presentation Medallion, 51mm, silver, the obverse with co-joined busts of Lord and Lady Bessborough, the reverse with the Bessborough coat of arms, the edge engraved ‘Militia Aggregate O.R.A. C. W. G. Gibson’; Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Presentation Medallion, 45mm, silver, the reverse engraved ‘Lt. Col. C. W. G. Gibson 1934’; Dominion of Canada Rife Association Medallion (6), 45mm, silver, the reverses engraved ‘Life Members 1932 C. W. G. Gibson; London Merchants 1932. C. W. G. Gibson; Coates Cup 1933 C. W. G. Gibson; London Merchants 1933. C. W. G. Gibson; Bankers’ Match 1933. C. W. G. Gibson; London Merchants 1937. C. W. G. Gibson’; National Rifle Association Medal, 47mm, silver, the edge engraved ‘Major C. W. G. Gibson M.C., Royal Hamilton Regt. 1924’; Dominion of Canada Rifle Association Medallion (2), 44mm, silver, the edges engraved ‘Maj. C. W. G. Gibson, M.C. Adjutant United States v. Canada 1924.; C W. G. Gibson. R.H.R. 1925’; Government of Canada Kolapore Cup Medal, gold (14ct., 28.06g), the reverse engraved ‘Presented by the Government of Canada to Col. The Hon. C. W. G. Gibson P.C. M.C. Toronto’, with top ‘Kolapore, Bisley 1951’ brooch bar; Ontario Rifle Association Medallions (4), silver (3), the edges engraved ‘XIII Royal Regt. 1911 Lieut. C. W. G. Gibson.; C. W. G. Gibson R.H.L.I. 1927; Militia Aggregate 1932 C. W. G. Gibson.’; bronze, the edge engraved ‘All Comers Aggte. 1932. C. W. G. Gibson.’; City of Toronto Shooting Medallion (2), gold (10ct., 27.32g), the edge engraved Lt.- Col. C. W. G. Gibson 1934’; silver ‘C. W. G. Gibson 1928’; Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario J. M. Gibson Medallion, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘C. W. G. Gibson 1910’; London Merchants C.R.A. silver star with five clasps, Capt 1928, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1937, the reverse of the top clasp engraved ‘Col. C. W. G. Gibson’, with top ‘Ontario Team’ brooch bar; together with a National Rifle Association bronze medal, the reverse engraved ‘R.H.P. 1924 C. W. G. Gibson’; a Bisley Grand Aggregate bronze medal, the reverse engraved ‘C. W. G. Gibson’; a R.M.C. Canada silver medallet, the reverse engraved ‘Revolver won by C. W. G. Gibson’; and two silver presentation spoons, both engraved ‘C. W. G. G.’, one dated 1911, some pin marks to edges where the medals have previously been mounted on a board, generally good very fine (lot) £500-£700

M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1918.

Colin William George Gibson (1891-1974), the son of Major-General Sir John Morison Gibson, was educated at the Royal Military College of Canada and the University of Toronto, and served with the 3rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers during the Great War, being awarded the Military Cross. He subsequently served with his father’s old unit, the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, and was Commandant of the Hamilton Garrison from 1935. Elected Liberal Member of Parliament for Hamilton West in March 1940, he served as Minister of National Defence for Air in the final days of the Second World War, and then served as Secretary of State for Canada from December 1946 to March 1949. He resigned from both cabinet and parliament upon his appointment as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ontario in 1950.