Canadian War Trophies

[Hallibag]

A couple of days ago, I stumbled upon an interesting booklet in an antique shop. It’s a “catalogue” of the items on display in a travelling show that exhibited war trophies to the public, right after the war. Fascinating stuff!

 

[J.LeBrasseur]

Very cool, never seen that one before!

James

 

[John Josef]

I agree really cool, would have loved to walk around that exhibit

 

[FRONTENAC]

Very interesting document. Thanks for sharing.

I think the Fokker D.VII seen at the bottom left of the second image from the catalog of the Canadian War Trophies is today in the Canada Aviation & Space Museum (see the images below).

 

[b.loree]

As a fellow Canadian I have also spent a lifetime cruising through our antique stores looking for treasure. Congratulations on this find and my thanks for your post. I have never seen this book before.

 

[FRONTENAC]

WW1 German cannons at the rear of the Quebec City Armory.

 

[FRONTENAC]

WW1 German 21 cm Mörser 16 inside the Citadel of Quebec

 

[b.loree]

I saw a couple of German WW1 cannon this spring while visiting Tony S. in New Brunswick. The plaque on them stated that they had been awarded as bond sale prizes. I took photos but I may have deleted them.

 

[KAGGR#1]

A couple of days ago, I stumbled upon an interesting booklet in an antique shop. It’s a “catalogue” of the items on display in a travelling show that exhibited war trophies to the public, right after the war. Fascinating stuff!

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That Husar busby is Prussian
with an attempt to convert it
to 1 L H R 1 ; 2 L H R 2 or H R 17
anyway it is an incorrect put together piece
The skull I think Zeb pointed out in another thread
is from a Braunschweig early shako
Steve

 

[Khukri]

A couple of days ago, I stumbled upon an interesting booklet in an antique shop. It’s a “catalogue” of the items on display in a travelling show that exhibited war trophies to the public, right after the war. Fascinating stuff!

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Thank you for sharing!

 

[Tins&Blades]

That Husar busby is Prussian
with an attempt to convert it
to 1 L H R 1 ; 2 L H R 2 or H R 17
anyway it is an incorrect put together piece
The skull I think Zeb pointed out in another thread
is from a Braunschweig early shako
Steve

I noticed that too. It's interesting that even back then, headdresses from the totenkopf units were seen as desirable