Canadian Welcom Home Medals and Book

I bought my first Canadian medal back in the 1970’s from a dealer friend who told me that he had a Wisconsin medal with a badger on top. What he thought was a badger was really a beaver. Since then my interest in Canadian “Welcome Home Medals” has been constant. Several years ago out of curiosity I sent a full color scan of my Canadian medals to a “well known” medals dealer in Canada to see if there was any interest in such medals. His offer was only a fraction of the gold value. As a result I concluded that there was no Canadian market for these medals. Recently while in Canada I visited several antique and collectible stores and asked about this type of medals. Every one I asked knew about these medals but rarely ever sees them. There is a great book about these medals by George Brown, now out of print. While in Victoria we stopped a local book store to see if they had any such book. The friendly staff could not find any in their computerized inventory. When we got home I found the book to listed on Amazon by the same Victoria book dealer!