Circus Posted February 12, 2017 Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 obverse Has William of Orange on horsereverse has a crest with a number of the standard symbols in itHaven't been able to find the crest among the ones on line yet.Probably from an Organeman's lodge in Canada The Loyal Orange Institution more commonly known as the Orange Order, is a Protestant fraternal organization based primarily in Northern Ireland and eastern provinces of Canada July 12 they parade to celebrate the battle of Boyne 1690 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted February 12, 2017 Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 Nice medal. I don't recall hearing of them before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted February 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 The troubles in Belfast and Ulster. They are the loyalist to Queen They march thru the Catholic sections on that day and a lot of times extreme violence would break out. Same thing in Canada in certain sections, Like Toronto and the maritime provinces back around the turn and early century. If you watch Murdoch Mysteries on CBET or netflix it comes up as a story line over the seasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted February 12, 2017 Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 The troubles in Belfast and Ulster. They are the loyalist to Queen They march thru the Catholic sections on that day and a lot of times extreme violence would break out. Same thing in Canada in certain sections, Like Toronto and the maritime provinces back around the turn and early century. If you watch Murdoch Mysteries on CBET or netflix it comes up as a story line over the seasons. Neat. I've watched Murdoch Mysteries a few times and enjoyed it. I guess I haven't seen or don't remember the episodes related to this. I'll keep an eye the next time I watch. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted February 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 His boss is an orangemen and so was most of the higher up in police and politico's in Toronto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted February 12, 2017 Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 This postcard(1905) shows the arms of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, followed by the devices used by Manitoba (which differs from the granted arms by the bison running instead of standing), British Columbia (a non-armorial design; the postcard is out-of-date in that BC stopped using this device in 1896), and Prince Edward Island (which differs from the granted arms by the lack of the chief). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted February 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 Thanks for further narrowing it down. I had thought that it was from later in the 20th century like the 20's/30's. So it is probably mid to late 19th century Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted February 14, 2017 Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 The medal looks like it is struck from aluminum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted February 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2017 Brass pin back is soldered to the ladder part Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 PEI joined as the 6th province in 1871 so it could not be earlier than that. 1890s-1905 would probably be my best dating guess on this one. The Orangemen were highly active in Upper Canada / Ontario, and indeed was one of the stronger networking groups of the 19th century and into the 20th century for politics and the like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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