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 Vol. 57, No. 6 29
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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/
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
Vol. 57, No. 6 29
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
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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