Pte. Full Dress – Musketry Order 1893
6 large buttons – Brent & Parker (Birmingham); 14 small buttons – as above; white leather belt with Frog W.D. and ball bag; belt buckle – brown; haversack 48 H – 17S; canteen. The haversack is also referred to as a bread bag, usually made of undyed canvas and used to hold a soldier’s food […]
Sgt. Tunic – Undress, Drill Order, 1894
Sgt’s Undress, Drill Order (also called white shell) tunic; 10 brass buttons – Gaunt ( Montreal); Sgt’s Red Sash; White leather waist belt – with frog for bayonet; buckle reads “Dieu Et Mon Droit” – Crown with Lion superimposed; 1894 pattern tunic. Beyond the 3 stripe chevron of his rank on his sleeve Sergeants also […]
Mess Tin Cover – for Marching Order 1916
canvas (khaki) mess tin cover; leather strap
Forage Cap – South Africa 1899
blue serge forage cap; 2 small buttons – Cda Militia”; cap badge – Maple Leaf – Crown – Canada superimposed Worn in South Africa 1899
Corporal Full Dress – Musketry Order 1897
Cpl. Full dress – red serge; Long Service Patch on the right sleeve and Musketry N.C.O badge; 2 small buttons – 28 large buttons (Bent & Parker – Birmingham); 4 – 8 ?? 2 small falcons (collar); white canvas strap & haversack; waist belt – leather – buckle “???” Crown and Lion; ball bag??; Bayonet […]
Pte J. J. Eva – Memorial Plaque and Condolence Letter
a) Frame containing b) a condolence letter from King George V c) a Memorial Plaque [known as a dead man’s penny] with the name “John James Eva” d) mounted on the outside – British War Medal engraved . (The BWM is now displayed separately.)
Lt. D.M. Dickie Medal
6 Medals a) The 1939-1945 Star b) The Italy Star c) The Defence Medal d) Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with bar e) The 1939-1945 War Medal with Mentioned in Dispatches insignia f) (suspended to the left of the set of medals is The Canadian Memorial Cross. This silver Memorial Cross was sent to the widow, […]
Sgt. R. G. Hosie Medals
2 medals a) British War Medal b) Victory Medal
Cpl. W. Johnson Medals
5 medals a) 1914-1915 Star b) The British Medal c) The Victory Medal d) Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp e) The 1939-1945 War Medal
Sgt Riley JR – Medals
6 medals a) The 1939-1945 Star b) The Italy Star c) The France & Germany Star d) The Defence Medal e) Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp f) The 1939-1945 War Medal