Pte. Harold Ashling – 27420 – Medals

Pte. Harold Ashling – 27420 – 5 Medals mounted 1914 -1915 Star British War Medal Victory Medal Colonial Auxilliary Forces Long Service Medal Canadian Efficiency Medal

List of WW1 48th Highlanders Prisoners of War

Single page, browned paper document with company name printed in top left: “MURRAY, MATHER & CO.   INVESTMENT BANKERS   TORONTO”, top right has printed: “STATISTICAL DEPARTMENT”, slightly below these and in the centre, likely printed from a typewriter, is written: “List of 48th HIGHLANDERS PRISONERS OF WAR”, below this title is printed: “15th Batt.” (meaning 15th […]

48th Highlanders Cap Badges and Two Identity Discs

Stored together in a shadow box are six different 48th Highlanders cap badges with different designs and colours, though all have on the front a falcon head and the words: “DILEAS GU BRATH   48 HIGHLANDERS”, one of the badges is on a square patch of Davidson tartan, with two identity discs on short chains to […]

Divisional Sports Meet Medal – August 1917 – Pte Ewart Gray

Round brown metal medal, possibly bronze, with a small metal key ring hooked on top, on the front centre is an image of a weight and the top half of the medal front above the weight has the words: “SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE”, and the bottom half of the medal front below the weight has the […]

Postcard – 48th Highlanders Leaving – WW1

Front of postcard is a vertical black and white image of 48th Highlanders in uniform with Wolseley helmets and shouldering rifles marching down a crowded street towards the foreground/camera, with white space below image and caption reading: “The 48th Highlanders leaving Torento (Canada)”, likely that “Torento” as printed on postcard is misspelling of Toronto, and […]