Liberia, Republic. An Order Of African Redemption, I Class Grand Commander Set Newly Listed He signed his Attestation Paper

He signed his Attestation Paper as a Private/Trooper (477665) with the Royal Canadian Regiment at Regimental Headquarters in Halifax

reverse engraved "Harriet Vaughn Ridgon 159 8906"

Naming is officially engraved on the reverse of the suspension of the CFD

the reverse with a barrel hinge and narrow banjo-style pinback meeting flat wire catch

obverse and reverse present wear from period polishing and contact marks on each arm

Liberia, Republic. An Order Of African Redemption, I Class Grand Commander Set Newly Listed He signed his Attestation PaperInstituted in January 1879. The Badge of the Order, in silver gilt, the central medallion presenting two figures kneeling before a cross, the figures framed within a wreath composed of two branches of laurel leaves and berries, the reverse medallion with hand painted scene of a boat on a beach with a setting sun in the background, surrounded by a blue enamel surround inscribed THE LOVE OF LIBERTY BROUGHT US HERE, the insignia fronting a white