NAM.1980-02-62-1

Governor-General's Medal awarded by Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn as Governor-General of Canada to Bn Sgt Maj Sedley Sweeny as senior cadet of the year at the Royal Military College of Canada, 1912. Gold, with low relief design on both sides. Obverse: Portrait busts of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught in conjoined profile facing right, the Duke in Field Marshal’s uniform. Reverse: The Arms of the Duke of Connaught (the Royal Arms, differenced by a label of three points, the centre point charged with St George’s Cross, and each of the other two points with a fleur de lys; in the centre of the said Royal Arms, an escutcheon of the House of Saxony, viz barry of ten a crown of rue in bend. Crest, without the label of three points used on full-sized Arms: on a coronet composed of crosses patee and fleur de lys, a lion statant gardant crowned with the like coronet. Supporters: the Royal Supporters differenced with the like Coronet and label.). This medal was awarded to the Senior Cadet of each year by the Governor General of Canada. The Senior Cadet always bore the rank of Battalion Sergeant Major. The 1912 recipient, Sedley Sweeny, was commissioned into the Royal Engineers on 19 June 1912.