Whereas, those friends contributed greatly to the health and happiness, and morale of the soldiers of the 106th Infantry Division, and

to honor those fiercely faithful friends and those who have rendered outstanding service to the Division in peacetime, now therefore be it

Whereas, during the dark, terrible days of the battle

of the Ardennes, when the insidious propaganda

of the enemy cast aspersions upon the loyalty and

the valor of the members of the 106th ID when it

could not protect itself because of security

regulations, yet it’s friends remained fiercely loyal

in the face of dark despair, and

Resolved, that pursuant to the powers vested in it by the Constitution and By-Laws, the Board of Directors of the 106th Infantry Division Association ordains, and does hereby Ordain, that there shall be established

The Order of the Golden Lion

Whereas, after the dawn of peace, the loyalty of it’s friends continued and expanded and new friends were added, and

Whereas, many of those new friends have rendered outstanding devotion and service to the 106th Infantry Division, and it’s association which was born in the citadel of the arrogant enemy who would have ruled the world for a thousand years, after having conquered the enemy by the will of God and with the thought of loved ones and heaths defended, though on shores far and distant from them, and

Whereby to render homage and thanks to those friends, and orders, and does hereby Order the establishment of the following rules and regulations thereunto appertaining."

The author wished to acknowledge the kind contributions of Mr. John Kline, cunent editor of the 106th Division quarterly magazine the CUB and current membership chairman of the association; former President of the 106th Infantry association in 1997 and 1998; and recipient of the Order’s Officer’s badge in 1991, and Commander’s badge in 1995. He served with the 106th Infantry Division during World War II.

Whereas, the loyalty of those friends will continue so tong as one wearer of the honored insigne of the Golden Lion shall live, and

Whereas, the 106th Infantry Division Association, representing the Golden Lions both living, and those who have answered the last roll call wishes,

Bibliography:

Cub of the Golden Lion, various issues.

Frampton Obituary, Internet, June 2004

National Archives and Records Administration website:

www.nara.gov

The Cigarette Camps: www.skylighters.org/special/cigcamps/

106th Infantry Division website http://ice.mm.com/user/jpk/

List of the Recipients of the Various Classes of the Order of the Golden Lion

Commander Class

1947 *Cedric Foster *Duward B. Frampton *Annette Frampton *William Simpson *Florence Simpson

1948 David Price

Officer Class

Asterisk denotes Non106th Veteran

Companion Class

1962 Douglas Coffey 1964 Richard DeHeer 1966 John Loveless, Jr. 1972 Leo McMahon 1973 Sherod Collins 1974 John Gallagher

*Fran Henly Herbert Livesey, Jr.

Dr. Maurice DeLaval

*Joe E. Brown

*Marjorie Rathbone

*George Denny

*Ralph E Gates

*Howard Maxwell

*Robert Tyndall

*Ben Watt

*BG Elmer Sherwood

Majorie DeHeer

Kay Loveless

Wilda McMahon

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List of the Recipients of the Various Classes of the Order of the Golden Lion (continued)

Commander Class Officer Class Companion Class

1975

1978

1986

1987

1990 1991 1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

James Wells Maydeen Wells

Walter Bandurak

Robert Pierce, Jr.

Russell Villwock

Robert A. Gilder

Roger Rutland John Gilliland John Kline Jack Sulser Ewell Black, Jr. John Robb Kenneth Bradfield Edward A. Prewell

Richard Rigatti Thomas J. Riggs Michael Thome Pete House Joseph A. Massey Ben Britton

Robert Scranton

Sam Cariono

John Kline

Boyd Rutledge

Gill Helwig

O. Paul Merz T. Wayne Black Dr. Richard Peterson

Duward Frampton, Jr. Pete House

JackieVillwock

Jean Gilder

Herbert Meagher, Jr.

Mattie Rutland Lee Gilliland

Dan Bied

Reddie Prewell

1998

1999

2000 Joseph Matthews Robert Walker June Walker

2001 Walter Bridges Barbara Bridges Duncan Trueman Dale Carver

2002 Marion Ray John Swett John Gregory Shirley Gregory Gus Agostini

2003 Joe Maloney Vivian Maloney *Adda Rikken *Willy Rikken

2004 Charles Reick James D. West 2005 John R. Schaffner Lillian Schaffner

Patricia S. Rigatti

Joanne House Hazel M. Massey Avis Britton Luella Meagher

In the News

Guy Gabaldon, who as a young Marine Private First Class persuaded more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers to surren- der during the battle for Saipan, died of a heart attack at Old Town, Florida on August 31, 2006. While serving with Headquarters and Service Company, Second Ma- rines, Second Marine Division on Saipan from June 15th

to August 1 st, 1944, Gabaldon, "daringly entered caves, pillboxes, buildings and jungle brush, frequently in the face of hostile fire," obtaining valuable information and capturing over one thousand enemy civilians and troops. For these acts of bravery he was awarded the Navy Cross. He also received the Silver Star and Purple Heart.

Submitted by William J. Wilson

30 JOMSA

The North West Canada Medal, 1885

Russell Furtado

ribbon is a replacement obtained from the OMSA ribbon

bank. The Military Order further states that the medal

would be awarded to soldiers, the crew of the steamer Northcote and Prince Albert Volunteers engaged in the

North West Rebellion while only the soldiers would

receive 320 acres or $80.00 in script? None of the

initially awarded medals were engraved and officers and

soldiers paid to have their medals engraved. When the

North West Mounted Police (920) were authorized this medal on February 16, 1887, their medals were all

presented engraved? Canadian government records

reveal that 5,650 medals (16 to British Officers on staff)

and 1,753 medals with Saskatchewan bars were issued

for a total of 6,570 medals.6 One bar, SASKATCHEWAN

was authorized for participation in and of the four major

engagements in the rebellion. All researchers agree that

the existing bars named for the battles of Fish Creek and

Batoche are "unofficial."

Figure 1: Obverse of the North West Canada Medal, 1885.

The medal for North West Canada was authorized by

the Canadian government in Military Orders dated

September 18, 1885.1 The orders state that the obverse

of the medal would be made from the same die as used

for the Egyptian, 1882 obverse.2 The obverse (Figure 1)

features a left facing profile of Queen Victoria surrounded

by the words VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX.

On the reverse of the medal (Figure 2), one finds the

inscription: NORTH WEST/1885/CANADA, enclosed

by a wreath of maple leaves. The suspender is straight

and swivels, the ribbon is a grey-blue color with two

wide red bars that do not touch the edge of the ribbon

(the ribbon edge is grey-blue), and the suspension device

is attached to the medal by a claw. The North West Medal

pictured in this article was purchased at the Bowers and

Merena auction of the Wayne S. Rich collection on March

21-23, 2002. The medal is engraved on the edge with

PTE. C. ROSS, 91 ST. W. L. I. The engraving means that

this medal had been awarded to a soldier of the 91st

Winnipeg Light Infantry Battalion, which had been

involved in guarding the lines of communications and

saw no action during the North West rebellion.3 Only

soldiers in units that were under fire during the North

West rebellion received the Saskatchewan bar. The

Figure 2: Reverse of the North West Canada Medal, 1885.

The author’s interest in this medal resulted from working on a master’s degree research paper on the "Canadian Western Rebellions" as part of a Canadian/United States history program. In 1979 the author traveled to Batoche, Fish Creek and all the other rebellion battle sites as part of a research gathering trip and it was amazing to find how few Canadians knew about the rebellion of 1885, and where the battle sites were located. It also was amazing to the Canadians that an American would know or care about Canadian history. The parallels between

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