1848 British Military General Service medal with one clasp. CHATEAUGUAY. Silver, 36 mm. MY-98 (clasp xxi), BBM-44. Choice About Uncircul...

Exceptional Quality CHATEAUGUAY Award to Native Warrior

Ex Norweb Collection

1848 British Military General Service medal with one clasp. CHATEAUGUAY. Silver, 36 mm. MY-98 (clasp xxi), BBM-44. Choice About Uncirculated.

ARENNE KARAKONTIE, WARRIOR. punched on edge. A spectacularly attractive piece, with bright and bold mirrored fields and rich blue, violet, rose, and cobalt toning. The sharpness is exceptional, and the hairlines are trivial and few.

Arenne Karakontie, a Mohawk from Kahnawake, on the banks of the St. Lawrence, appears on the roll with this clasp. He was one of hundreds of native warriors who allied with the Canadians and British to prevent an American invasion.

Offered with a modern ribbon.

Estimate: $3,500 - $7,000.

Provenance: From the Gem Collection.

Earlier from Spink & Son in 1955; Emery Mae Norweb Collection; our (Stack's) 2007 Americana sale, January 2007, lot 6838.

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