Replica Battle Honours Map of the Hitler Line
A 4.75 inch by 8.25 inch map outlining the advance by the 48th Highlanders up the Liri valley and their subsequent breaching of the Hitler Line. These maps were hand drawn by Brigadier Eric Haldenby for the 48th Highlanders’ Second War history Dileas by Kim Beattie. The 48th Highlanders, after assaults by other brigades, attacked […]
Replica Battle Honours Map of the Advance to Rimini
A 5 inch by 8 inch hand drawn battle honour map depicting the Advance to Rimini. The maps were drawn by Brigadier Eric Haldenby for the 48th Highlanders’ Second War history Dileas by Kim Beattie. Advance to Rimini In the last week of August 1944, the entire Canadian Corps began its attack on the Gothic Line with […]
Military Issued Alertness Drugs
A 1.25 inch by 3.5 inch oval tin containing “Alertness Drugs” that are yellow in colour. Some pills are marked with an “O” others are marked with a line. Both are most likely amphetamine or methamphetamine. The “O” drugs were marked as such after Otto Friedrich Ranke known for introducing these drugs to the German […]
Major George C Hendrie – Medals
Medals (4) of Major George C. Hendrie ( starting at Lt and progressing to Maj) during WW II period of time. a) War medal, b) Canadian Volunteer Service medal, c) Efficiency Medal, d) Coronation medal. The medals were received at the museum as separate medals and mounted for display.
Wilp Memorial Ceremony – 26 April 1945 – 5 photos
5 photos of the last Memorial Service of the war for the 48th Highlanders. In this Regimental Cemetery on the banks of the dyke protecting the village of Wilp were buried LCol Donald Mackenzie Mackenzie, DSO, Captain Harold McCutcheon, Lt. John Williams and 16 NCOs and men, killed in in the final days of fighting […]
Citation accompanying the DSC awarded to LCol D. A. Mackenzie, DSO
Citation in grey paper with white inserts and blue seal of the War Department. The certificate accompanied the Distinguished Service Cross awarded posthumously to LCol. D. A. Mackenzie, DSO, for his heroic actions on 12 April 1945 during Operation Cannonshot, the crossing of the Ijssel River and advance towards Apeldoorn in The Netherlands. The award […]
CSM (WO2) Newlands JA, CD
Capt Marshal Stearns MBE (MID)
Carrier Platoon Commander, Scout Platoon Commander and Intelligence Officer 1st Battalion. 48th Highlanders of Canada Lt. Marshall Stearns joined the 2nd Battalion, 48th Highlanders in Toronto and is shown in a 1940 newspaper article as one of the 52 officers of […]
LCpl White G (RCCS) (MID*)
Plaque commemorating 65th Anniversary of Liberation of Holland
Plaque commemorating the 65th Anniversary of the Liberation of Holland. 48th Highlanders buckle badge cut from steel sheet and placed on black board. Bottom right corner, small plaque in steel, printed in black ink “Made and Designed by Dirk Singel Piper of the 48th Highlanders of Holland – Apeldoorn.” The plaque was presented to the […]