Cpl Harvey Ball – Memorial book photo
B73408 photo card – Canadian Expeditionary Forces Somewhere in England 1940, Wearing Battle Dress date of death 22 July 1943; have duplicate Agira Cemetary
BGen Peter A..G. Cameron medal – Order of St. John
Commander of the Order of St. John (medal with black cloth strap to be worn around the neck)
48th Bn Highlanders on parade – 1899
Lithographed copy of original; wood frame, cardboard matting, glass cover. Frame has brass plaque presented to LCol M.E. George, CD from the Old Comrades Association. Lithograph of the original painting of the 48th Battalion (Highlanders) in full scarlet dress uniform, displayed in the museum on the south wall. Under the painting on the left side: […]
Sergeant George Douglas Adams – Memorial book photo
Sergeant George Douglas Adams – KIA 14 Oct 1944 – Cesena Italy. Photo wearing dress jacket with collar dogs and shoulder flashes, and glengarry with 48th badge. Duplicate in Case 46:storage
MCpl Avdajic Medal
Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal, 1997 – MCpl Avdajic Medal in original box
Capt. Frederick William Macdonald MC medals
10 medals: 1st Set: Military Cross, GRV (CAPT. F.W. MACDONALD); 1914-15 Star (LIEUT. F.W. MACDONALD. 15/CAN:INF:); British War Medal (CAPT. F.W. MAC DONALD.); Victory Medal (CAPT. F.W. MAC DONALD.); and Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, George V (Major F.W. MacDONALD M.C. 48th. Highrs). Naming is engraved on the MC and the CAFOD, and officially impressed […]
BGen PAG Cameron, OMM, CStJ, CD – Medals
7 Medals – Court Mounted: a) Order of Military Merit – Officer b) Commander of the Order of St. John c) 1968 Confederation Centennial Medal d) Silver Jubilee Medal – Queen Elizabeth II e) 125th Canadian Confederation Medal f) 50th Jubilee Medal – Queen Elizabeth II g) Canadian Forces Decoration with 2 bars (signifying 32 […]
Brigadier W. C. Macdonald VD medals
2 medals in a shadow box with glass cover and tartan interior; North West Canada Medal (CAPt W.C. MACDONALD Q.O.R.); and Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, Victoria (LIEUT. COLONEL W.C. MACDONALD 48th. HIGHLANDERS). Naming is engraved on the NWCM and impressed on the CAFOD, the latter maker marked “SG” (Sebastian Garrard), hallmarked with the British lion, […]
City of Aberdeen Song Sheet – Officers’ Mess
This song sheet was one of several used in the Officer’s Mess, post WWII, when the officers had completed their evening duties and were assembled in the Officers’ Mess. Usually at least one officer was an accomplished pianist and singing around the piano was a frequent event, lasting late into the evening. City of Aberdeen […]
Admission to 48th Garden Party, Queen’s Visit 1984 July 21
– Invitations / Program 48th Highlanders of Canada Please admit Bearer to the Garden Party in honour of Her Majesty The Queen Saturday, July 21, 1984 3:00 p.m. Old Fort York The invitation is stamped in red by the Orderly Room as the method of verifying it was issued.