Birks 14K Solid Gold Frame with RNWMP Painting

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Birks 14K Solid Gold Frame with RNWMP Painting:
$499.00

Birks 14K solid gold frame (large pendant) measures 2\" wide x 2.5\" high (excl. loop at top). Total weight is 27 grams with picture(18.4 grams empty). Picture is actually a small original painting of Thomas Dann from the RNWMP. Back is marked Birks 14K at top and G.D. 1918 at bottom. Leather bound case doubles as a picture frame can stand on its own (4.5\" x 7.5\") snaps closed to prevent accidental opening. Group photo is not included, only shown to identify person in frame (top row, 2nd from right).

The North West Mounted Police was established in 1873 to bring Canadian authority to the North West Territories (present-day Alberta and Saskatchewan). Its jurisdiction grew to include the Yukon in 1895, the Arctic Coast in 1903 and northern Manitoba in 1912.

The general duties of the Force were to:

establish law and order;
collect customs dues;
enforce prohibition;
supervise the treaties between First Nations and the federal government;
assist in the settlement process;
ensure the welfare of immigrants; and
fight prairie fires, disease and destitution.

In 1904, the name changed to the Royal North West Mounted Police (RNWMP). In 1920, the RNWMP absorbed the Dominion Police and became the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), and was responsible for federal law enforcement in all provinces and territories.

Members of the Force served in the:

Northwest Rebellion, 1885;
South African War, 1899-1902;
First World War, 1914-1918; and
Second World War, 1939-1945