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Cape Breton Highlanders
Photos and Photo Postcards - WW2 – Northwest Europe – 1945-1946
Photos and Document
This section contains three photos and a Customs and Excise Declaration all pertaining to the large carved wooden eagle and swastika that was captured by the Cape Breton Highlanders during their final battle of the war when they liberated the port town of Delfzijl, Holland, on May 1, 1945. The eagle and swastika was taken from a German headquarters and was shipped back to Canada as a war trophy. It hung in the officers mess of the Cape Breton Highlanders at Victoria Park in Sydney for many years until it was recently relocated to the Cape Breton Highlanders Museum.
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Eagle War Trophy
Cape Breton Highlanders
Bolsward, Holland
Summer, 1945
Two Cape Breton Highlanders from Headquarters Company pose with the large wooden eagle and swastika captured by the battalion. Holding the trophy is Russell Kinslow. The second man is unidentified.
Photographer: Unknown
Ref. Number: 12-1 (3.4)
Image Information: Scan of original photo
Source: Robert MacLellan Collection
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Eagle War Trophy
Cape Breton Highlanders
Bolsward, Holland
Summer, 1945
An unidentified Cape Breton Highlander from Headquarters Company holds the large wooden eagle and swastika captured by the battalion.
Photographer: Unknown
Ref. Number: 12-1 (2.3)
Image Information: Scan of original photo
Source: Robert MacLellan Collection
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Eagle War Trophy
Cape Breton Highlanders
Bolsward, Holland
Summer, 1945
Murdoch Morrison from Headquarters Company, Cape Breton Highlanders, poses with the large wooden eagle and swastika captured by the battalion.
Photographer: Unknown
Ref. Number: 12-1 (1.3)
Image Information: Scan of original photo
Source: Robert MacLellan Collection
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Customs and Excise Declaration Document
Cape Breton Highlanders
November, 1945
This is a Customs and Excise Declaration completed by the Cape Breton Highlanders for shipping miscellaneous items home from Holland. It is signed by the regimental quartermaster sergeant, Henry Cantwell, and Capt. G.E. Skaling, and is dated November 8, 1945. Note the "1 oblong box" containing "trophy (carved eagle)".
Ref. Number: 0-3 (52-1.1)
Image Information: Scan of original document
Source: Robert MacLellan Collection