48th Highlanders cap badge and piece of tartan belonging to Lt. Edward Martin MacLachlan

WWII Cap Badge with lozenge design placed on a section of Davidson Tartan. Lieutenant MacLachlan was the first 48th Highlander Officers killed in combat in the Second World War – Sicily, near Caltigarone when leading a carrier recce party and hitting a mine after assessing the road as clear.
G. L. Cassaday – Music CDs

Abide with Me – 48th Highlanders Pipes and Drums – music CD Footsteps in Time – Royal Regiment of Canada – 2 music CD
G. L. Cassaday – belt, personal

Black nylon belt with brass coloured buckle and 48th Highlanders crest on buckle
G. L. Cassaday – baseball hat – red

Red baseball cap with the 48th Highlanders badge
Dear Old Pal of Mine Sheet Music

An 8.5 inch (21.59 cm) by 11 inch (27.94 cm) copy of Dear Old Pal of Mine sheet music, which is a World War I song written by Harold Robe and Gitz Rice. The song was first published in 1916 by G. Ricordi & Co.in New York, NY. Irish tenor John McCormack earned the nickname the […]
Capt. G. L. Cassaday – Funeral Ceremony Poppy Sash

Sash: Davidson tartan on front with 48th Highlanders cloth Buckle Badge in centre; red cloth backing; red tassels on ends. From G. L. Cassaday collection This sash is used by Old Comrades Association (OCA) and others at funerals of veterans. The sash is placed on coffin or altar then Highlanders in attendance come forward, […]
G. L. Cassaday – tartan cummerbund – personal

personal cummerbund of G. L. Cassaday – Davidson tartan for civilian formal wear
Gift Box from Trinidad, Grenada & St.Lucia to the Naval & Military Forces

A 9 inch by 4 inch by 1 inch high black and gold coloured tin box with printed text “The gift of the colonies of Trinidad, Grenada & St. Lucia to His Majesty’s Naval & Military forces.” Inside a gift of chocolates made from cocoa grown in the Caribbean Islands. Long rectangular tin with hinged […]
Gift Box from Princess Mary

A 3 inch by 5 inch gold coloured gift box with an embossed head of Princess Mary. The Princess Mary Gift Fund box is an embossed brass box that originally contained a variety of items such as tobacco and chocolate. It was intended as a Christmas present to those serving at Christmas in 1914 and was paid […]
Gift Box from Princess Mary

A 3 inch by 5 inch gold coloured gift box with an embossed head of Princess Mary. The Princess Mary Gift Fund box is an embossed brass box that originally contained a variety of items such as tobacco and chocolate. It was intended as a Christmas present to those serving at Christmas in 1914 and was paid […]