2 Glengarry headddress – Colonel d’Esterre
Two well worn glengarry headdress with 48th Highlander badges. Glengarry with blue/white/red trim is 48th Highlanders pattern and has a 48th Highlander collar badge worn by the 15th Battalion [sb a cap badge]. Glengarry with white/red trim is other Highland regiment and has 48th Highlander buckle badge on it..
Buttons, ensignia, badges from Col. d’Esterre
Bag from collection of Col. JCD d’Esterre containing: 1) seven brass buttons – 48th Highlanders 2)wrist band name tag “Lt. J C D d’Esterre, 15th Canadians, C of E” 3) four 48th Highlanders brass shoulder bars 4) one colour badge (buckle) brass
Sgian-dubh knife w/ scabbard, Cairngorm jewelled -d’Esterre
Sgian-dubh knife in black scabbard with Silver edging, Cairngorm jewelled in topaz colour, on top of hilt. Belonged to Col. JCD d’Esterre. A small traditional knife worn tucked into the hose (sock) with the handle visible above the right sock. Traditionally carried for utility and as part of Highland dress. Sometimes called the black knife […]
Canvas bag and tent pegs – Col. d’Esterre
one canvas bag with straps about 15″ x 15″, empty, and canvas sleeve bag with 5 tent pegs.
WW1 Prisoner of War Postcard by RSM Lewis E. DeHarte – May 14, 1916
Postcard sent home from a German prisoner of war camp, Kriegsgefangenenlager Göttingen in Göttingen, Hannover, Germany, by RSM Lewis E. DeHarte to his wife in Toronto, Canada. RSM Lewis E. DeHarte was a prisoner of war from 1915-1919. The postcard is cardstock and a brown colour, with writing in pencil on both sides of the […]
WW1 Prisoner of War Postcard by RSM Lewis E. DeHarte – April 9, 1916
Postcard sent home from a German prisoner of war camp, Kriegsgefangenenlager Göttingen in Göttingen, Hannover, Germany, by RSM Lewis E. DeHarte to his wife in Toronto, Canada. RSM Lewis E. DeHarte was a prisoner of war from 1915-1919. The postcard is cardstock and a yellow-brown colour, with writing in pencil on both sides of the […]
Pte Cameron, James – KIA 22 July 1943
Pte Cameron was killed by German medium artillery as the battalion advanced on the road from Assoro, spaced at 5 yard intervals, to a form up point 1 1/2 miles short of the Adrano crossroads. 2 Highlanders were killed and four wounded in the barrage.
Leather Note book with platoon member names and data – d’Esterre
Small black leather notebook. Handwritten information about each 48th Highlander soldier in the platoons under d’Esterre names: John Gordon – Saskatchewan W.B. Bell – Weston Sgt. A. Conley (Lewis gun) – Winnipeg Cpl. W. Flagg (Lewis gun) – New Brunswick Pte G Olgilvie (Lewis gun) – St. Mary’s Ont Pte. G. Willis (Lewis gun) – […]
Signal to Brigade – Cease hostilities – 1918
Framed copy, handwritten on “A” form from Canadian Corp command to all Brigades to cease hostilities at 1100 am on Nov 11, 1918.
WW1 Prisoner of War Postcard by RSM Lewis E. DeHarte – August 29, 1915
Postcard sent home from a German prisoner of war camp, Kriegsgefangenenlager Göttingen in Göttingen, Hannover, Germany, by RSM Lewis E. DeHarte to his wife in Toronto, Canada. RSM Lewis E. DeHarte was a prisoner of war from 1915-1919. The postcard is cardstock and a brown colour, with writing in pencil on both sides of the […]