Display Pair of Victoria Treaty Medals. Bronze. With Original Display Frame. Jamieson-38, BHM-2961. Unc Details--Rim Damage (NGC). 76 mm. A beautifully matched pair featuring steely dark chocolate brown surfaces on both sides, boldly reflective fields and crisp, satiny devices that stand out in sharp contrast. One medal has minor marks in the obverse field, and both have small notches in the rims (one medal on the obverse, the other on the reverse), where they were once secured in their display frame. We are not strangers to this set, as it appeared in our (Bowers and Merenas) November 2001 offering of the Tree Many Feathers Collection, along with other rare Peace medals in that collection. At that time, both medals were still secured in their original frame, where they had likely been since the time of issue. A very interesting pair representing the famous Canadian Treaty medals, which were issued in silver for Treaties #2, #3, #4, #5, #6 and #7 that cleared the way for Canadian expansion into the Northwest in the 1870s. The original wood frame with gilt interior border measures 18.7 cm x 29.5 cm. (Total: 2 medals; 1 frame) From our (Stacks) Americana Sale of January 2000, lot 717; our (Bowers and Merena) sale of the Tree Many Feathers Collection, November 2001, lot 5142.
