Broadsheet Poster – JCD d’Esterre – WW1
Broadsheet poster from the citizens and Council of the town of Braine le Comte, Belgium welcoming the Canadian liberators in 1918. Newspaper type print.
Booklet 1st Canadian Division Battles of 1918 – d’Esterre
Booklet authored by Capt. J P Craig outlining the 1st Canadian Division’s activities and accomplishments in 1918, includes maps and photographs. Funded by the YMCA and issued to each man in the division. Booklet is 56 pgs. 8″ x 5″. Part of the JCK d’Esterre artifact donations.
Letter from Buckingham Palace to JCD d’Esterre
Letter from Buckingham Palace to d’Esterre signed by King George V wishing a safe voyage home. Single page 7″ x 4″ size
Col. J C D d’Esterre – photo
photocopy of 1917 photo of Col. J C D d’Esterre – full body ,sitting 8″ x 10.5 ”
15th Battalion – 1918 – photo from d”Esterre collection
Framed photo in black and white marked “15th Battalion, 48th Highlanders, May 1918”. Officers posed in front of metal quonset huts.
Book – The Red Watch -signed by Col. JCD d’Esterre
Hardcover book -The Red Watch by Col. JA Currie. Signed by Col JCD d’Esterre on inside cover and dated Dec. 1916.
Equipment roll – Col. d’Esterre- 1917
Large equipment roll stenciled ” Lieut. JCD Desterre 48th Highlanders. It is 26″ x 50″ heavy cotton. Brown on one side and strips of white cotton on inside. Several straps present to tie up roll.
Sterling silver 92nd Bn Buckle Badge – Col J. F. Lash, OBE (MID*)
Sterling silver buckle badge of 92nd Battalion (48th Highlanders). Made by Ellis Bros. of Toronto for Major John Francis Lash. On the rear of the badge, at the bottom, are the words “Sterling 925, Ellis Bros.” with sterling marks. John Francis Lash, a barrister in Toronto, was 10 months with the 48th Highlanders Militia battalion […]
Case for Brooch of PM Alexander Keith
Square leather case – 4″ x 4″ – in dark brown leather and gold line near edges of top. Light blue silk lining in inside of cover and around inside bottom; purple lining inside bottom; Gold lettering in banner shapes on inside cover lining – D. Cunningham, Medalist, Glasgow. (Note: brooch accessioned separately.) Born in […]
Studio portrait of Lt. Edward Martin MacLachlan
-Studio Portrait of Edward Martin MacLachlan -Shows him wearing the Divisional patch and insignia of the 48th -likely taken before going overseas Lieutenant Edward Martin MacLachlan (age 23) was killed in action while serving with the 1st Division, 48th Highlander of Canada on July 15th, 1943. MacLachlan has the unfortunate distinction of being the first […]