An old Canadian Militaria Collection

WOW what an incredible collection.(y)(y)

I love the airborne and tanker items, but the whole collection is amazing.

Congratulations on putting it all together and the cabinets :oops: WOW.

MFG John Josef
 
John Josef said:
WOW what an incredible collection.(y)(y)

I love the airborne and tanker items, but the whole collection is amazing.

Congratulations on putting it all together and the cabinets :oops: WOW.

MFG John Josef
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Thanks John, this was a lot of fun trying to put a complete Canadian WW1 cap badge collection together, and I was able to do it including the mega rare E9 badge, which now resides in the Edmonton Regimental Museum along with a lot of other Edmonton related militaria and those 2 cabinets. I only know of 2 other people who managed to create an entire badge collection of WW1 Canadian cap badges. Maybe someone else has since but now there is an E9 out of circulation so finding one of those to complete the collection that is not one of the Legion Hall's postwar commemorative ones is even harder, as I think only about 10 were ever made.
 
J.LeBrasseur said:
Cmon Doug that is incredible as well. Love the PIAT

James
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That and the Bren gun were especially useful on Halloween.... ;)

I was lucky that Vic Taboika, who maybe built the largest Canadian collection ever, thinned out and I was his first call after the Calgary Regimental Museum. Vic built an incredible collection and had his own personal 3 story museum with a Canadian WW1 and WW2 collection that easily dwarfs anything I have ever seen anywhere of any militaria genre including most museums in terms of variety, rarity and quality. Many vet direct items with incredible histories. I really enjoyed the Canadian side of militaria.
 
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Doug:

That is quite an impressive Canadian militaria collection. I've never seen a private collection on that scale before.

I dabble in Canadian CEF items but my main interest is in researching Battalion histories. I published a history of the 21st Battalion back in 2008 and finished a history of the 5th (Western Cavalry) last year. I enjoy researching the anecdotes. It's interesting and it's much easier on the chequebook.
 
Steve Nick said:
Doug:

That is quite an impressive Canadian militaria collection. I've never seen a private collection on that scale before.

I dabble in Canadian CEF items but my main interest is in researching Battalion histories. I published a history of the 21st Battalion back in 2008 and finished a history of the 5th (Western Cavalry) last year. I enjoy researching the anecdotes. It's interesting and it's much easier on the chequebook.
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Thanks Steve, if you think this is something it pales in comparison to what Vic T had put together in Calgary. CEF collecting is pretty rewarding, but nothing beats the history behind the items. Your books sound quite interesting! Are you working on any new battalion histories?
 
southsando said:
Great collection and beautifully displayed!

I especially loved the custom badge cabinets!!
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Thanks! The cabinets were amazing, my friend is an artisan woodworker with incredible talent specializing in unique one of a kind furniture. He’s built a few pieces for us. The cabinet doors are a collage of the Sword of Remembrance found on every cross at Commonwealth War Graves along with Their Name Liveth Evermore” by Rudyard Kipling also on every memorial marker at every CEG, and finally the Canadian maple leaf on every Canadian soldiers white Portland stone grave marker.
 
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