Chats on Military Curios

by Stanley C. Johnson

INDEX

• Abyssinian medal, [155]
• Airey's Balaklava notes, [232-3]
• American War, use of rifles in, [97]
• Armour, [321]
• Armour, decline of, [56]
• Armour, drawbacks in collecting, [72]
• Armour, effects of, on swords, [100]
• Armour, forged, [72-3]
• Armour, glossary of terms, [82-7]
• Armour, periods in, [74]
• Army List, [309]
• Army Post Office Corps, [247,] [248-51]
• Autographs of noted soldiers, [235]
• Autographs, the care of, [234]
• Autographs, the price of, [236-9]
• Autographs, the value of, [224]
• Ashantis, King of, execution bowl, [311-12]
• Assignats, [264]

• Badges, [19-20]
• Badges, mottoes on, [48-51]
• Badges, mounting and preserving, [45]
• Badges, special distinctions borne by, [46-7]
• Balaklava notes, [232-3]
• Baltic medal, [154]
• Bargains advertised in newspapers, [21]
• Bargains in armour, [71]
• Battlefield souvenirs, [25,] [301-4]
• Battle honours, [45]
• Battle of Boyne, medallion, [187]
• Bayeux tapestry, [98]
• Bayonet, [19]
• Beeston siege money, [270]
• Bengasi stamps, [256]
• "Best-shot" medal, [175]
• "Black Marias," [301]
• Black Prince, statue of, [322]
• Blenheim, medallion, [188]
• Blücher, saddle used by, [307]
• Blue uniforms, [65]
• Bone objects made by prisoners, [290-3]
• Books containing fine military prints, [201-3]
• Book which saved soldier's life, [303]
• Brass, oldest English, [215]
• British Museum, [26,] [185,] [198,] [322]
• Bunbury, [203-4]
• Burmah medal, [140]
• Buttons, [19]

• Camail armour, [80]
• Camoys, Thomas and Elizabeth, brass to the memory of, [219]
• Carlisle siege money, [268]
• Cavalier's dress, [60]
• Ceylon medal, [122]
• Chain-mail period, [76]
• Chain-mail reinforced, [76]
• Cheynie, Humfrie, brass to the memory of, [219]
• China medal, [140]
• Chocolate box, [309]
• Colchester siege money, [270]
• Colours, regimental, [304]
• Commonwealth, dress of, [60]
• Copenhagen National Museum, [74]
• Coronation medal, [179]
• Crimea medal, [154]
• Crimea War, [98,] [244]
• Cromwell and medals, [114]
• Cromwell, letter written by, [225]
• Culloden medal, [115]
• Culverins, [95-6]
• Curios of the Great War enumerated, [312-5]
• Cyclas period, [79]

• D'Abernon, Sir John, brass to memory of, [215]
• Dartmoor, prisoners at, [295]
• Deccan medal, [119]
• Decorations, the need for special, [165]
• Detecting forged armour, [73]
• Dettingen medallion, [193]
• Distinguished Conduct in the Field decoration, [169,] [173]
• Distinguished Service Order, [170]
• Documents, official, [310]
• Dorchester, Lord, letter written by, [230]
• Dress, [306]
• Dunbar medal, [114]
• Dunblane medallion, [190]

• Early medallions, [184]
• Edge Hill, Battle of, [111]
• Egyptian medal, [127-8]
• Egypt, military post office in, [247-8]
• Enfield-Martini rifles, [98]
• Enfield rifles, [98]
• Epernay paper money, [263]

• Fall of James II, medallion, [187]
• Ffelbrygge, Sir Symon, brass to the memory of, [219]
• Flash, [66]
• Fleurs-de-lys on tunics, [66]
• Flint-lock, [92,] [96]
• Floor brasses, [211-3]
• Forged armour, [72-3]
• Forlorn-hope medal, [112]
• Francis II of Germany, medal awarded by, [121]

• Ghuznee medal, [22,] [142]
• Gillray, [203-5]
• Glossary of terms in armour, [82-7]
• Gloucester Regiment, double badge worn by, [66]
• Grangerizing, [319]
• Grape-shot from Capri, [303]
• Great Rebellion, money of, [264]
• Greenland Valleyfield, prisoners at, [295]
• Green uniforms, [65]
• Guidons, [303]
• Gun money, [274]
• Gun used in Mafeking, [304]

• Hackles worn by Northumberland Fusiliers, [66]
• Half-armour period, [82]
• Helmets, [301-2]
• Holographs, [226]
• Hougomont, portion of gate of, [303]
• Household Cavalry, uniform of, [64]
• Hyderabad medal, [144]

• I.E.F. stamps, [254]
• Indian General Service medal, [150]
• Indian Mutiny medal, [154]
• Indian postal arrangements on active service, [254-6]
• Industrial Museum, Vienna, [74]
• Interned soldiers in Holland, [289]
• Irish siege money, [273]

• Java medal, [129]
• Jellalabad medal, [142-3]
• Jubilee medal, [179]
• Julius Cæsar medallion, [186]
• Jupon period in armour, [80]

• Kruger rifle, [92]

• Lee-Enfield rifles, [98]
• Lee-Metford rifles, [98]
• Lille, surrender of, medallion, [190]
• Liverpool, prisoners at, [295]
• Long Service medal, [174]
• Lost-wax process, [183]
• Lucknow medals, [20,] [155]

• Mafeking, gun used in, [304]
• Mafeking paper money, [264]
• Mafeking stamps, [251]
• Maida medal, [130]
• Martini-Henri rifles, [98]
• Mary's, Princess, Christmas box, [310]
• Match-lock, [95-6]
• Mauritius medal, [128]
• Maximilian armour, [81]
• Medallists, [184-5]
• Medal, the first British, [111]
• Medals, growth in awarding of, [111]
• Medals, care of, [108]
• Medals, recent campaign, [156-61]
• Meeanee medal, [144]
• Meritorious Service decoration, [173]
• Military Cross, [179]
• Militia, badges of the, [42]
• Militia medal, [179]
• Minié rifles, [98]
• Moore, Sir John, the sash of, [307]
• Mottoes on badges, [48-51]
• Mural tablets, [220]
• Musée d'Artillerie, Paris, [26,] [74]
• Musket, [97]
• Mysore medal, [119]

• Napoleon III, letter written by, [231]
• Napoleonic prisoners, [290]
• Napoleonic wars, influence on uniforms of, [62]
• Naseby, letter referring to the Battle of, [225]
• National Museum, Copenhagen, [26]
• Nepaul medal, [130]
• Newark siege money, [270]
• Newspapers containing military dispatches, [307]
• New Zealand medal, [155]
• Norman armour, [76]
• Norman Cross, prisoners at, [290]

• Obsidional money, [264]
• Order of Merit, [169]
• Ordinance, the first, regulating uniforms, [55]
• Oudenarde medallion, [189]

• Palimpsests, [214]
• "Par Ballon Monté" correspondence, [256]
• Peninsular medal, [131], [148], [149], [185]
• Peninsular War, influence on uniforms, [62]
• Perth, prisoners at, [293]
• Poona medal, [119]
• Pope Pius VI, medal awarded by, [121]
• Postmarks, [224], [252]
• Post Office Volunteers, [247]
• Precedence in the Army, [42]
• Prempeh, umbrella belonging to, [307]
• Pre-Norman armour, [76]
• Punjab medal, [150]

• Rag Fair, [20]
• Ramilies medallion, [189]
• Recruiting notice, [308]
• Regimental collecting, [22]
• Regimental colours, [304]
• Regular Army, badges of, [42]
• Restoring autographs, [234]
• Rifles, [19]
• Rifle-corps uniform, [63]
• Rifles, inventor of, [97]
• Rijks Museum, Amsterdam, [26], [74]
• Rotunda, Woolwich, [25], [74]
• Royal Army Medical Corps, badge of, [47]
• Royal Fusiliers uniform, [61]
• Royal United Service Museum, [25], [74], [185], [226], [303], [304], [306], [310], [311]
• Rubbings, how to make, [211-3]

• St. George, red cross on uniforms, [56]
• Salamanca, Battle of, [305]
• Scarborough siege money, [270]
• Schomberg, letter by, [229]
• Scinde medal, [143]
• Seaforth Highlanders, badge of, [47]
• Sedan, letter referring to the Battle of, [231]
• Seringapatam medal, [125-7]
• Serpentin, [95]
• Simon, the medallist, [185]
• Snider rifles, [98]
• South African medal, [152]
• South African War, [220], [248]
• South Kensington Museum, [198]
• Spanish War, stamps of the, [256-9]
• Stamps used in Crimean War, [244]
• Stapleton, prisoners at, [295]
• Storing weapons, [92]
• Straw-plait made by prisoners, [296]
• Studded and splintered armour, [79]
• Sudan campaign, [248]
• Surcoatless period armour, [80]
• Surrender of Lille, medallion, [190]
• Sutlej medal, [147]
• Swords, [92], [98], [103]
• Swords, historic, [103]

• Tabard period in armour, [80]
• Talavera, Battle of, [305]
• Taxis, Johann von, letter-carrier, [243]
• Tel-el-Kebir railway name plate, [303]
• Territorial Army, badges of the, [42]
• Territorial medals, [179]
• Thame, brass at, [216]
• Ticehurst, brass at, [214]
• Tippo Sahib, dress worn by, [306]
• Tower of London, [25], [73-4]
• Transition period in armour, [81]
• Tripoli di Barberia stamps, [256]

• Uniforms, blue, [65]
• Uniforms, green, [65]
• Uniforms, influence of Ann on, [61]
  of Charles II, [60]
  of Elizabeth, [59]
  of George III [62]
  of George IV, [63]
  of James II, [60]
  of Queen Victoria, [64]
  of William IV, [64]
• Uniforms, earliest, [55-6]

• Victoria Cross, [166-8]
• Volunteer decorations, [175-7]
• Volunteer Force, badges of the, [42]
• V.R.I. stamps, [251]

• Wadham, Nicholas and Dorothy, brass to memory of, [219]
• Wadi Halfa Post Office, [248]
• Wallace Collection, [25], [74]
• War stamps, recent, [253]
• Waterloo, [22], [303], [309]
• Waterloo, bayonet used at, [92]
• Waterloo medal, [138]
• Waterperry, brass at, [214]
• Wheel-locks, [96]
• William and Mary re-valued the gun money, [281]
• Wiltshire Regiment badge, [45]
• Wolfe, bullet which killed, [303]
• Wyon's medallions, [185]

• Yeomanry decorations, [179]
• Young Pretender's defeat, medallion commemorating the, [115]

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