Table of Contents

• Foreword by General John de Chastelain, CC, CMM, CD, CH 
• Acknowledgements 
• Introduction to the Second Edition 
• PART I 
• Chapter 1 Orders, Decorations, and Medals Around the World: Ubiquitous National Institutions 
• Chapter 2 Honours in Canada from the Earliest Times 
• Chapter 3 Imperial Honours in Canada from Confederation to the Centennial 
• Chapter 4 Peerages, Baronetcies, and Imperial Orders of Chivalry 
• Chapter 5 Imperial Gallantry Decorations 
• Chapter 6 Imperial Campaign Medals 
• Chapter 7 Imperial Long Service Decorations and Medals 
• Chapter 8 Imperial Commemorative Medals 
• Chapter 9 Special Imperial Medals 
• Chapter 10 The Confederation Medal: Canada’s First Honour 
• PART II 
• Chapter 11 The Privy Councils: An Honour and High Office 
• Chapter 12 The Order of Canada: The Basis for Canada’s Honours System 
• Chapter 13 The Order of Military Merit 
• Chapter 14 The Order of Merit of the Police Forces 
• Chapter 15 The Queen’s Personal Honours 
• Chapter 16 The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem 
• Chapter 17 The Provincial Orders 
• Chapter 18 Military Valour Decorations 
• Chapter 19 Decorations for Bravery 
• Chapter 20 The Meritorious Service Decorations 
• Chapter 21 Mentions in Dispatches 
• Chapter 22 The Sacrifice Medal 
• Chapter 23 War, Operational, and Service Medals 
• Chapter 24 The United Nations Service Medals 
• Chapter 25 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization Medals 
• Chapter 26 International Mission Medals 
• Chapter 27 Special Medals 
• Chapter 28 Commemorative Medals 
• Chapter 29 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Long Service Medal 
• Chapter 30 Canadian Forces’ Decoration 
• Chapter 31 Exemplary Service Medals 
• Chapter 32 Organizational Long Service Medals 
• Chapter 33 Provincial Decorations and Medals 
• Chapter 34 Commonwealth and Foreign Awards 
• PART III 
• Chapter 35 The Memorial Cross and Next-of-Kin Mementos 
• Chapter 36 Commendations 
• Chapter 37 Components of Canadian Honours 
• Chapter 38 Canadian Honours in Heraldry 
• Chapter 39 Self-Styled Orders, Unofficial Medals, and Other Elements Outside of the National Honours System 
• Chapter 40 Protocol 
• Appendix 1 The Canadian Order of Precedence of Honours, Awards, and Decorations 
• Appendix 2 Instruments Creating and Amending Canadian Honours 
• Appendix 3 Equalization Chart: Pre-1967 Imperial Honours and Modern Canadian Honours 
• Appendix 4 Canadian Honours System Ribbon Chart 
• Notes 
• Bibliography 
•  Photo Credits 
• Index

About the Author

Christopher McCreery holds a doctorate in Canadian political history from Queen_’s University and is the author of more than ten books. He is private secretary to the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, serves on the Board of Trustees of the Canadian Museum of History/Canadian War Museum, and is a fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. In 2010 he was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order by Her Majesty the Queen. He lives in Halifax.