Canada, Dominion. A Silver Bishop Laval Medal Newly Listed This medal is one among

This medal is one among few awarded to a serving senior political appointee

which as per the Treaty of Versailles was forbidden and had to be done in secret

closes in the front by a black metal hook and eye

maker marked 'BASTIAN BROS

a 1930 Artillery Monument badge and ribbon

Canada, Dominion. A Silver Bishop Laval Medal Newly Listed This medal is one amongIn silver, obverse illustrating the bust of Bishop Franois de Laval (AKA Saint Francis Xavier de Montmorency Laval), surrounded by the Latin inscription "FRANCISCUS DE LAVAL PRIMUS EPISCOPOR CANAD. CONDITOR SEM. QUEBECENS.", engraver marked "JOHNSON.", with his personal coat of arms below, reverse inscribed in Latin "DOCTRINAE ET PIETATI" within an open ended wreath of laurel leaves, surrounded by the Latin inscription "DISCIPLINAE THEOLOG. ACADEMIAE