The small canvas pouch with the tie closure is called a "housewife"; this was the small sewing kit issued with needles, buttons, thimble, thread, etc.

The bronze plaque displayed in the right hand opening was a commemorative plaque produced towards the close of the War for various Allied units by local foundries, often depicting engagements of the particular unit. The customer's mother-in-law loaned this plaque to the The Army Museum - Halifax Citadel in 1987 to be displayed as part of an exhibit on the Royal Canadian Engineers.

The customer had a lot of information about her father-in-law that she wanted to display. It was decided to print the information on a light grey parchment paper rather than engraving it on a brass metal nameplate in order to have it blend in better with the two black and white photos.

Some photo restoration was done on both photos.