(A420) A World War One British Death Plaque, Given to the family of Soldiers who were killed in the Great War , This one is to the mans Name of Edward Green, and there are over 240 men with this name who were killed in the 1st World War, The plaque is in very good condition GBP £ 70.00 (UK Pounds)
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(J4) A British Victorian Boar War Medal being commonly called the Queen South Africa Medal, with three bars. The bars are Belfast, Orange Free State and Cape Colony. The medal which is heavily polished, is named to 4148 Pte. J McLachlan Royal Scots. The bars are all nicely rivetted to the medal and with it comes some research showing that John McLachlan enlisted on 12th August 1891 when he went to and where he went. It shows he served in the East Indies at one time, as well as South Africa. The campaigns he took part in, his short service paper and medal bar entitlement. Very nice item to acquire. GBP £250.00 (UK Pounds)
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(F799) A British Army Red Cross Arm Band with the remains of a stamping saying Royal Army Medical Service. The felt Red Cross is nice and clean and the band has been cut open. This was apparently worn by a German Nurse at the end of WWII. GBP £15.00 |
(H1545) A Royal Medical Corps Sweetheart Brooch in gilt and enamel. The badge has had a clunk to the enamel and the pin fixing is squashed at the back. Other than this, good condition. This was part of a small collection of WW2 badges that were collected in Europe in 1945 by a British Marine who left them to his brother upon his death. These were in time passed down to the Marines nephew. The British Marine was in the first wave of allied soldiers into Berlin after the Russian withdrawal. These items have only just come onto the market. GBP £7.50 (UK Pounds)
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(H1542) A Cap Badge for the 8 Kings Royal Irish Hussars. The badge is of nice quality although it has a tarnish spot to the scroll on the left side and a solder run from the silver harp onto part of the title roll at the base. This all sounds much worse than it is. A scarce badge to find. This was part of a small collection of WW2 badges that were collected in Europe in 1945 by a British Marine who left them to his brother upon his death. These were in time passed down to the Marines nephew. The British Marine was in the first wave of allied soldiers into Berlin after the Russian withdrawal. These items have only just come onto the market. GBP £17.50 (UK Pounds)
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(K839) A WWI British manufacture Iron Cross being the cast iron cross with French town names a cross, with a W to the centre and the date 1914 to the base. These crosses are often used as propaganda items.
In very nice condition, the cross retains virtually all of it's blackened painted finish and is magnetic. Scarce variant to acquire as the more common for Kulture types turn up. GBP £50.00 (UK Pounds)
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(H450) A British issue France and Germany Star, complete with original ribbon. The star is in very good condition and has toned a nice copperish colour over the years. GBP £15.00 (UK Pounds)
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(K1524) A WWII issue British Army Cap Badge to the 17/21st Lancers being the skull and crossbones with the honour title below with "Or Glory". The cap badge is complete with it's slider. This is a nice tradition badge to have. GBP £17.50 (UK Pounds)
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(M49) A Set of 3 WWII Service Awards consisting of the War, the Defence and the Police Long Service with Bar for 1964. The police long service is named to a James Sandford. They also come with a ribbon bar that would be sewn to a tunic. In very good condition. The police long service is an Elizabeth issue for the Special Constables. GBP £45.00 (UK Pounds)
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| The Medal Year Book 2012 by John Mussell. Ideal for collectors of British War medals and decorations. Please use the link to the left to buy your copy priced at GBP £13.97 (UK Pounds)
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Some of the topics included are..... Medal Index Cards Over 1,500 MIC abbreviations & codes deciphered. Definitive notes on the MICs & how to read them. The significance of different coloured inks revealed. Gallantry Medals DSO, MC, DCM & MM Gazettes, giving dates & battles covered by each gazette. Especially useful for MM research, linking the London Gazette date back to the bravery date. DCM, MC & DSO Gazette citations that omit dates & places (March 1916 - January 1919). List of MC & DCM recipients for 1st July 1916. Also all DCM and Dated Bars noted. A full list of Escapers awarded the MM; Army Order 193 of 1919 explained & 1914 MMs noted. How to spot fakes e.g. MC, DSO, DFC, AFC etc. as well as fake bars. History of the DCM League & MM Association plus Ex-Servicemen's Association details. Definitive notes about the naming & renaming of medals - many examples illustrated. How to read & research the MM Cards, including the breakthrough use of Schedule Numbers. Detailed notes on the Somme Gazettes & the units engaged. List of VCs & where they were won. Documents found with gallantry groups, including Divisional Cards, award notifications etc. Chronological list of actions & battles fought in all theatres, plus indexed maps. Campaign Medals Full history of each medal, including Army Orders, Army Council Instructions & award criteria. How & when medals were named & distributed. Packaging & accompanying documents. How to spot fake medals & correctly identify original ‘5th Aug-22nd Nov. 1914' Bars. How to spot renaming. Font alphabets for 1914 & 1914/15 Trios, DCMs & MMs. Miscellaneous WW1 Medals & Badges Including: Lusitania, Cunliffe-Owen, ANZAC, Jutland, Sydney-Emden, Gallipoli Star, Ceylon Volunteer, TFEM & TEM, Army LS&GC, The King's Certificate, ‘On War Service' Badges, Princess Mary's Gift Tin plus other Commemorative, Tribute & Sports Medals etc. Collecting Medals Collecting themes, buying, cleaning & storing, dealer contact details etc. Illustrated guide to medal conditions. Comprehensive & highly detailed Index Chapter Contents Chapter 1 Collecting Great War Medals Introduction and background, Collecting themes, tools for collecting, buying, storage, cleaning, insurance, illustrated guide and table of medal conditions, general notes on naming, renaming, building a reference library. Chapter 2 The Campaign Medals 1914 Star: AO350 of 1917, Grant of the 1914 Star. Manufacture and issue of ribbons, Clasp and Roses, Identifying Fake Bars. AO361 of 1919. Appendix A Units qualifying for the Clasp. Notes on the award of the Clasp. 1914 Star naming styles. Font Alphabet. 1914–15 Star: AO20 of 1919. Theatres of War, Alphanumeric Codes Tables 1 and 2 and detailed notes on: Official illustrated naming styles for 1914/15 Star, Font Alphabet, Naming styles for AIF, NZEF, SAI, Indian Army: ACI No 26 9.1.19 issue of the ribbon, Box of Issue, Issue documents. Details of how and when the medals were distributed including percentage graphs by year showing main years of issue. BWM 1914–20: AO266 of 1919, Scheme to issue bars. Medals awarded to, ribbon and issue of, Naming of BWM, the naming machine and how it worked, the “Silver Bubble”; Bronze BWM, table of units awarded, illustrated Naming styles for the BWM, Font Alphabet, Issue procedure. Victory Medal: AO301 of 1919, ribbon bar, Type 1 and 2 VMs, Font Alphabet, Bi-lingual issue, Issue of ribbons, Illustrated naming styles. Mercantile Marine Medal: General notes, naming style, Font Alphabet, Forms WM2, Medals E, WM5, “Danger Zones”. Procedure for claiming, Continuous Certificate of Discharge, Form RS2, Medal Cards, Torpedo Badge and Star, Mercantile Marine Certificates. Captain Fryatt, Mercantile Marine Awards Committee, Clasp to MMWM. TFWM 1914–19: AO143 of 1920, naming style, issue of ribbon, General notes on TFWM. The MICs, notes on reading them. TFWM revised table of numbers awarded. The Memorial Plaque: History of the Plaque, the Competition, Notes on the plaque, production and distribution of. The Memorial Scroll. The Silver War Badge. ACIs for issue of the SWB, Service Chevrons, Discharge Cards, Classes of Discharge under AO126 Para 392 KR 1912. Issue procedures WWI Campaign Medals. Store accounting, notes on packing, forfeiture of medals. Order of Wear. Medal mounting. “Pip, Squeak and Wilfred”. Khedives Sudan Medal, AGS, NGS 1909–62, GSM 1918–62 IGSM, Canadian Memorial Cross, BRCS War Service Medal. General notes and illustrations of all medals. Chapter 3 The Medal Index Cards Introduction to, use of different coloured inks on the cards, Type 1, 2, 3 and 4 Cards and their headings explained. Record Office Letter Codes, Record Office Roll Codes for the issue of the medals, distribution of medals by year. Thirty four pages of MIC abbreviations – over 1800 abbreviations and administrative procedures noted. The Order of Precedence, Primary Sources of Army Research evaluated. Many cards illustrated with explanations of how to decipher them. Chapter 4 Gallantry Medals General notes on rules and regulations for the award of the gallantry medals. A users guide to the London Gazette, Gallantry Medals awarded to foreigners. The Victoria Cross: Indexed list of all 633 winners, how the cross is made; fakes and copies. Illustrated VC Groups. The DSO: General notes, numbers awarded, detecting fakes. Notes on DSO Gazettes February, 1916 to December 1918 (The Edited Gazettes). The MC: General notes, fakes and how to spot them, bar to the MC, fakes and originals. The annotated MC Gazettes March, 1916 to August, 1918. Detailed notes on each gazette. List of MC Recipients for July 1st, 1916. The DCM: General notes. The annotated DCM Gazettes December, 1914 to March, 1920, Paperwork, DCM & Bar, table of recipients of dated bars, DCM, MM naming styles. The DCM League, foreign awards of the DCM. Ephemera, a list of DCM winners for July 1st, 1916. The Military Medal: General notes, replacement bars, MM from act to Gazette, paperwork found with the MM. Ephemera, presentation of, Divisional Gallantry Cards, Importance of Schedule Numbers. The MM Index Cards. Military Medallists Association, naming style, Important notes on the MM Gazettes, links between MM and DCM Gazettes, numbered gazettes, AO 193 of 1919, famous last stands, MMs awarded. List of 349 men who received the MM for escaping, table of Schedule numbers and gazettes, MMs for all theatres, numbers awarded to foreigners, MMs awarded to the wrong man. Ephemera found with MM Groups. The DSC: General notes, list of men of the Mercantile Marine entitled to the DSC. The CGM, and DSM General Notes, naming style, abbreviations found on. Notes on the Gazettes. DSMs awarded to the Mercantile Marine. Bar to DSM. The MSM General Notes. Index Cards. The MSM Gazettes (notes on) Tables of numbers awarded. The DFC, AFC, DFM, AFM General Notes, How to detect fakes, bars, The Albert Medal, Allied Subjects Medal, RRC MID, etc. The Chronology of all battles and actions during the Great War including geographical locations. General Maps with Index of all theatres of war. Chapter 5: Miscellaneous Great War Medals, Badges, Certificates and Ephemera including Lusitania Medallion, Cunliffe Owen Medal, ANZAC Medallion, Jutland Medal, Commemorative, Tribute, Shooting and Sports, Zeebrugge, Sydney-Emden, Gallipoli Star, Ceylon Volunteers, Llandudno plaque, Special Constabulary, TFEM, TEM, ALSGC, King Certificate on Discharge. On War Service Badge. Much previously unpublished material on the King's Certificate and OWS Badges. Ex Servicemen's Associations badges, Princess Mary's Gift Tin. “They Shall Not Grow Old”. Index: A user friendly comprehensive 8 page cross referenced Index completes the book.
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