48th CDF Bn Recruiting Drive in USA
Officer looks back to colour guard while marching, NY, 1917
48th CDF Bn Recruiting Drive in USA – 1917 – Colour Guard
48th Pipe band (birds eye view) of the colour guard and pipers marching along the street.
Lt J.W. Osborne – Newspaper Article re South Africa
Toronto newspaper article about Lt. J. W. Osborne, a 48th Highlanders who volunteered to serve in South Africa.
The Globe front page 1900
A 12 inch by 17 inch section of the Feb 27th 1900 Globe featuring the “Capture of Boer leader Gen. P.A. Cronje” On the back are many articles from the same paper relating to the Boer War. Born in the Cape Colony but raised in the South African Republic, Cronjé had a distinctive appearance, being […]
Lt. Col. C. E. Bent, CMG, DSO, VD – oil painting
Oil painting on canvas of Lt. Col Bent, painted post war.
Mandolin, Trench Art
Wooden Mandolin with 8 strings. Body is tear shaped with an oval whole and flat sloped bridge. Wood, metal, shell and ivory (?). Inscribed onside of body: In the line you did your bit, 1915-19, Somme, Arras, Vimy, Messines, Ypres, Plugstreet, Passchendaele, Cambrai, Amiens, Albert, Mons, Rhine, Hill 60, 740., Loos. Carried throughout the war […]
RSM G.M Stephen Miniature medals
10 medals – Miniatures a) 1914-15 Star b) British War Medal c) Victory Medal d) 1939-1945 Star e) Italy Star f) Defence Medal g) Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with clasp h) 1939-1945 War Medal i) Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal (George V) j) Canadian Efficiency Medal (George VI) with two clasps Medals in a […]
CCWO WP Elms Medals MMM, CD – Medals
10 medals a) Member of the Order of Military Merit b) 1939-1945 Star c) Italy Star d) Defence Medal e) Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp f) 1939-1945 War Medal g) 1967 Centennial Medal h) 1977 Jubilee Medal i) Canadian Efficiency Medal (George VI) with Clasp j) Canadian Forces Decoration with Clasp 1935-1979 Canadian Forces […]
Web Shoulder Straps, pair
Two web straps each with a brass fitting on one end. Each strap had two cotter pins punched trough the webbing. [.1] is 43.5cm longer than the other.
Set of “Fox’s Puttees” Blue
The Blue Puttees 1939-1970 In being issued the new Battle dress in 1939 the Regiment found that there was a shortage of web anklets (gaiters). Searching for a solution to this shortfall, Pipe Major James Fraser came forward with a solution. Found in the basement of the University Armouries and left over from the First […]