BOOKS FOR COLLECTORS
With Frontispieces and many Illustrations
Large Crown 8vo, cloth.
CHATS ON ENGLISH CHINA.
By Arthur Hayden.
CHATS ON OLD FURNITURE.
By Arthur Hayden.
CHATS ON OLD PRINTS.
(How to collect and value Old Engravings.)
By Arthur Hayden.
CHATS ON COSTUME.
By G. Woolliscroft Rhead.
CHATS ON OLD LACE AND NEEDLEWORK.
By E. L. Lowes.
CHATS ON ORIENTAL CHINA.
By J. F. Blacker.
CHATS ON OLD MINIATURES.
By J. J. Foster, F.S.A.
CHATS ON ENGLISH EARTHENWARE.
By Arthur Hayden.
CHATS ON AUTOGRAPHS.
By A. M. Broadley.
CHATS ON PEWTER.
By H. J. L. J. Massé, M.A.
CHATS ON POSTAGE STAMPS.
By Fred. J. Melville.
CHATS ON OLD JEWELLERY AND TRINKETS.
By MacIver Percival.
CHATS ON COTTAGE AND FARMHOUSE FURNITURE.
By Arthur Hayden.
CHATS ON OLD COINS.
By Fred. W. Burgess.
CHATS ON OLD COPPER AND BRASS.
By Fred. W. Burgess.
CHATS ON HOUSEHOLD CURIOS.
By Fred. W. Burgess.
CHATS ON OLD SILVER.
By Arthur Hayden.
CHATS ON JAPANESE PRINTS.
By Arthur Davison Ficke.
CHATS ON MILITARY CURIOS.
By Stanley C. Johnson.
In Preparation.
CHATS ON BARGAINS.
By Charles E. Jerningham.
CHATS ON OLD CLOCKS AND WATCHES.
By Arthur Hayden.
LONDON: T. FISHER UNWIN, LTD.
NEW YORK: F. A. STOKES COMPANY.
CHATS ON
MILITARY CURIOS
BRONZE MEDALLION OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
Frontispiece.
Chats on
MILITARY CURIOS
BY
STANLEY C. JOHNSON
M.A., D.Sc., F.R.E.S.
WITH EIGHTY ILLUSTRATIONS
NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
TO
G. M. J.
THIS BOOK IS GRATEFULLY
DEDICATED
(All rights reserved)
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN
[CONTENTS]
| PAGE | ||
| LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | [13] | |
| CHAPTER I | ||
| INTRODUCTION | [17] | |
| Preliminary considerations—Where to search for curios—What to search for—Specializing—Undesirable curios—The catalogue of the Royal United Service Museum—Public collections of military curios | ||
| CHAPTER II | ||
| REGIMENTAL NOMENCLATURE | [27] | |
| Household Cavalry—Dragoon Guards—Cavalry—Artillery —Engineers—Guards—Infantry, both past and present nomenclature—Other units | ||
| CHAPTER III | ||
| REGIMENTAL CRESTS | [39] | |
| The fascination of regimental crests—How to plan a collection of crests—The changes which crests undergo—The meaning of crests—Mottoes on crests, and their meanings | ||
| CHAPTER IV | ||
| MILITARY UNIFORMS | [53] | |
| The growth of uniforms—The effect of the decline in armour on uniforms—The part played by Elizabeth—Uniforms in the time of the Civil War—In Charles II's reign—James II—The first two Georges—Uniforms in the Peninsular War—The close-fitting uniforms of George IV—The changes which were brought about in William IV's time—Later changes—Peculiarities of the military dress of to-day | ||
| CHAPTER V | ||
| ARMOUR | [69] | |
| The scarcity of good armour—Considerations for the collector—Counterfeit armour—The twelve periods in armour—The characteristics of each period—Glossary | ||
| CHAPTER VI | ||
| WEAPONS | [89] | |
| Buying specimens—Storing them—Hand culverins—The serpentin—The wheel-lock—The flint-lock—The rifle—Swords—The effect of armour on swords—Swords with historical associations—Other weapons | ||
| CHAPTER VII | ||
| EARLY BRITISH WAR MEDALS | [105] | |
| How to arrange a collection of medals—Factors which influence the value of a medal—The earliest medals—The first English medal—The first English military medal—The Forlorn Hope medal—The Dunbar medal—The Culloden medal—Medals granted by the Honourable East India Company—The Pope's medal, 1793—The Emperor Francis II of Germany's medal, 1794—The Seringapatam medal—The Egyptian medal, 1801—The Rodriguez medal—The Nepaul medal—The Maida medal—The Peninsular Officers' medal | ||
| CHAPTER VIII | ||
| MILITARY MEDALS STRUCK BY THE MINT | [135] | |
| Campaign medals considered—Waterloo—Burmah—China— Cabul—Jellalabad—Scinde—Meanee—Sobroan—The men's Peninsular medal—Punjab—Indian General Service medals—South Africa, 1850-3; also 1877-9—Baltic—Crimea—Indian Mutiny—Abyssinia—New Zealand—Later awards | ||
| CHAPTER IX | ||
| MILITARY DECORATIONS AWARDED FOR SPECIAL SERVICES | [163] | |
| The necessity for special awards—The Victoria Cross—The Order of Merit—The "Distinguished Conduct in the Field" award—The Distinguished Service Order—The Meritorious Service award—The Long Service and Good Conduct award—The "Best Shot" medal—Volunteer decorations—Other decorations | ||
| CHAPTER X | ||
| MILITARY MEDALLIONS | [181] | |
| General considerations—The "lost wax" process—Hadrian's medallions—Renaissance examples—Simon, the medallist—Wyon's work—Public collections—Some noted medallions described | ||
| CHAPTER XI | ||
| MILITARY PRINTS | [195] | |
| The period 1750-1860—Works including military prints—Where to search for bargains—The kind of print most sought after—Works including fine military prints—Bunbury—Gillray | ||
| CHAPTER XII | ||
| MEMORIAL BRASSES OF MILITARY INTEREST | [209] | |
| Classes of military brasses—Rubbings and how to make them—Floor brasses, their characteristics—Palimpsest brasses—What may be learnt from brasses—Mural tablets | ||
| CHAPTER XIII | ||
| AUTOGRAPHS OF GREAT SOLDIERS | [221] | |
| The fascination of autograph collecting—Points which influence the value of an autograph—Autographs classified—A "Schomberg" letter—The notes scribbled by Airey at Balaclava—General hints—Prices of autographs | ||
| CHAPTER XIV | ||
| WAR POSTAGE STAMPS | [241] | |
| The earliest war stamps—Stamps used in the Crimean War—The British Army Post Office Corps—The Sudan Expedition—The South African campaign—The Great War—Recent war stamps and postmarks—Indian war stamps—Other war stamps | ||
| CHAPTER XV | ||
| WAR MONEY | [261] | |
| French obsidional notes—Mafeking notes—The Napoleonic assignats—Charles II and University plate—Mints at Carlisle, Beeston, Scarborough, Newark, Colchester, and Pontefract—Irish gun money | ||
| CHAPTER XVI | ||
| CURIOS MADE BY PRISONERS OF WAR | [287] | |
| Objects recently made in Holland—The Napoleonic prisoners at Norman Cross, Perth, Dartmoor, Stapleton, Liverpool, and Greenland Valleyfield | ||
| CHAPTER XVII | ||
| MISCELLANEOUS MILITARY CURIOS | [299] | |
| Considerations respecting miscellaneous curios—Battlefield souvenirs—Regimental colours—Odds and ends of dress equipment—Books and newspapers of military interest—Royal souvenirs—Official military documents—Gruesome relics—Relics of the Great War | ||
| CHAPTER XVIII | ||
| A HISTORY OF ONE'S COLLECTION | [317] | |
| Reasons for compiling a history of one's collection—The part played by photographs—Armour suggested as an example—Material for grangerizing | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | [323] | |
| INDEX | [337] | |