Compass with case of Lt. J. M. Bowman
Compass of WWI issue. 1915 by Koehn in Geneva, Switzerland, pattern No. 20096, brass with glass window in cover. Glass has “crazed” from a sharp blow. Tan leather case with buckle, missing shoulder strap. Initials J. M. B. in black ink on cover on front side; “Lieut J M Bowman 48th Highlanders of Canada” on […]
Pte Moore, John James
Pte Marsh, R S
Pte Mowat, W
Maj-Gen G. Brock (Nemo) Chisholm, CC, CBE, MC*, ED
Major General George Brock Chisholm, CC, CBE, MC*, ED (Captain) – 15th Battalion, 48th Highlanders) (Extracts from the Canadian Encyclopedia Entry “Brock Chisholm”) Brock Chisholm joined the 15th Battalion on 17 July 1915 and served in the trenches in France rising through the ranks. By 01 January 1917, when he was made a Lt, he […]
Pte Perks, George Henry
He was originally in the 17th Bn and was moved to the 15th Bn after the Bn had departed for France in 1915. He was only with the 15th for a couple of months max and was medically returned to the UK in early April before 2nd Ypres; never returned and medically discharged as unfit […]
Webley & Scott No.2 Mk.I Flare Pistol 1918 for WW1 Armored Vehicles
The Webley & Scott No.2 Mark I flare guns, often modified just prior to WW2. These were designed for use on light armoured vehicles and slide into a housing. Original date of 1918 on the left side of the barrel. The bore of the flare is 1.5 inch (3.81 cm) with a 2.75 inch (6.99 […]
Leuchtpistole M/1894
The use of purpose built handguns to fire light- and signaling pyrotechnics didn’t really catch on until the Russian-Japanese war in 1904-05, and it became a standard “tool of the trade” during the Great War. In the early days the use of the flare gun was limited to shooting flares to illuminate the battlefield at nighttime. […]
Barb Wire Cork Screw
The 36-inch (99.14 cm) screw pickets, used as supports for barbed wire defences, were introduced c. 1915 as a replacement for timber posts. Crown Iron Works Co. (Minneapolis, MN) made over 10 million of these screw post pickets for WW1, WW2 and the Cuban Missile Crisis. The French name for this type of “steel stake” […]
Dear Old Pal of Mine Sheet Music
An 8.5 inch (21.59 cm) by 11 inch (27.94 cm) copy of Dear Old Pal of Mine sheet music, which is a World War I song written by Harold Robe and Gitz Rice. The song was first published in 1916 by G. Ricordi & Co.in New York, NY. Irish tenor John McCormack earned the nickname the […]