48th Highlanders Parade Postcard – Adelaide Street W – c1910
Front of postcard is a colourized photograph of the 48th Highlanders on parade in downtown Toronto heading westwards, photograph taken in front of and near 110 Adelaide Street W. (between York St. and Bay St.), soldiers in full dress uniform with red tunics, kilts, and tall black bonnet feather hats, near the top right printed […]
48th Highlanders Parade Postcard – c1910s
Colourized postcard of 48th Highlanders marching down a street in downtown Toronto, two rail tracks are visible embedded in the street, likely for streetcars, soldiers in full dress uniform with red tunics, kilts, and tall black bonnet feather hats, near the bottom left printed in black is: “48th Highlanders, Toronto, Canada”, and near the bottom […]
Pipe Banner – HCol J.B. MacIntyre
Heraldry Motto: Per Ardua Translation: (Latin) Through Adversity Reverse: On a wreath of or and sable, a dexter cubit arm, couped at the wrist holding erect a dagger in pale, hilt and pommel of the first, encircled in a belt and buckle of the second or with motto sable, all on a field of gules. Below […]
Pipe Banner – LCol H.S. Pedwell, CD
Heraldry Motto: Consulto Translation: (Italian or Latin) Resolution Reverse: Raven vert (Celtic from the Somerset area) on a wreath of vert and argent. Below a ribbon vert with motto argent. HSP letters Or. All on a field of Argent. Obverse: 48th Highlanders, Buckle Badge, proper, on a field of azure Culture: ? Service: Commanding Officer […]
The Falcon December 2023
Cornerstone of the 48th Highlanders Memorial Hall
A 44 inch (111.76 cm) wide by 22 inch (55.88 cm) tall by 2.5 inch (6.35 cm) thick granite slab from the 48th Highlanders of Canada Memorial Hall at 519 Church Street, Toronto.
Rededication of War Memorial – November 11th 2023 Parade Program
An 8.5 inch (21.59 cm) by 5.5 inch (13.97 cm) program of the act of Remembrance and the parade for the Centenary rededication of the 48th Highlanders War Memorial at Queens Park, Toronto, Ontario.
NRA Bisley Rifle team Badges – 4
Four badges from Bisley. National Rifle Association for the years 1913, 1923, 1927 and 1930. Badges are gold embroidered with crown on top on dark blue cloth.
48th Highlanders Reunion buttons – 1961 – W A Hawkins
13 pins on buttons issued for the 48th Highlanders reunion in 1961. Buttons are red, white and green with ” Hogmanay 1961 Sgts Mess ” typed across the center. Diameter of 2 “.
Prisoner of War Letter Sent Home by RSM L. E. DeHarte – September 31, 1915
Folded letter, yellow-brown piece of paper, written and sent home by RSM L. E. DeHarte while a prisoner of war in a camp Göttingen, Germany, and was folded into even quarters horizontally, with writing only on one side of the paper. In the top left of the paper is the recipients information, being his wife: […]