Please note that our engraving computer is down and we cannot currently offer engraving services. MEDALS: In order to have medals back in time for Remembrance Day, our mounting team will be accepting larger sets of medals, consisting of 5 or more medals, until 20 October. For smaller sets, 4 or less, you have until 27 October to get them in. If your medals need to be shipped, please submit them as early as possible so that we have plenty of time to ship them to get them to you on time. Medals take 2-3 weeks from mid-week pick-up.

Please note that our engraving computer is down and we cannot currently offer engraving services. MEDALS: In order to have medals back in time for Remembrance Day, our mounting team will be accepting larger sets of medals, consisting of 5 or more medals, until 20 October. For smaller sets, 4 or less, you have until 27 October to get them in. If your medals need to be shipped, please submit them as early as possible so that we have plenty of time to ship them to get them to you on time. Medals take 2-3 weeks from mid-week pick-up.

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The Black Battalion 1916-1920

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Black military heritage in Canada is still generally unknown and unwritten. Most Canadians have no idea that Blacks served, fought, and died on European battlefields, all in the name of freedom. The story of the overt racist treatment of Black volunteers is a shameful chapter in Canadian history. It does, however, represent an important part of the Black legacy and the Black experience. It is a story worth reporting and worth sharing.

In this thirtieth-anniversary edition of Ruck’s celebrated history of Nova Scotia’s No. 2 Construction Battalion, known as the Black Battalion, the original text and over 60 photographs and documents is presented for a whole new generation of readers, along with a new foreword and photographs from journalist Lindsay Ruck, Calvin W. Ruck’s proud granddaughter.