48th Highlanders “Sweetheart Pin”

34mm diameter brass and enamel cap badge with Falcon head facing right; “Highlanders” in white enamel; “Dileas Gu Brath: in blue enamel; “Canada” in red enamel scrolled under cap badge

Silver cigarette box – gift to Capt. Donald Mackenzie

Silver cigarette box, gift to Captain Donald Mackenzie upon his marriage to Louise Oxley at St. George’s Church in late February 1940. Silver rectangular prism – box with hinged lid; inscription on lid – “Donald Mackenzie on the occasion of his marriage from Trumbull Warren”; lined in wood , two compartments. Subsequently, Captain Mackenzie was […]

Silver Picture Frame with photo of LCol D. A. Mackenzie

Silver picture frame, rectangular with oval cutout center. The frame holds a closeup of a larger photo of LCol Mackenzie giving a salute. The photo was taken at the gravesite of 48th Highlanders killed in action in December 44 and early 1945 at the Lamone River in northern Italy. At the bottom of the frame […]