LIST OF PLATES
| A BRONZE MEDALLION OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON | [Frontispiece] | |
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| QUEEN VICTORIA'S CHOCOLATE BOX SENT TO THE SOLDIERS FIGHTING IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1900 | [23] | |
| PRINCESS MARY'S CHRISTMAS BOX SENT TO THE SOLDIERS FIGHTING IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM, 1914 | [23] | |
| BADGE OF THE QUEEN'S (ROYAL WEST SURREY REGIMENT) 2ND FOOT | [33] | |
| BADGE OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S (WILTSHIRE REGIMENT) | [33] | |
| BADGE OF THE KING'S (LIVERPOOL REGIMENT) | [33] | |
| BADGE OF THE ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT | [33] | |
| BADGE OF THE ROYAL DUBLIN FUSILIERS. | [43] | |
| BADGE OF THE ROYAL FUSILIERS (CITY OF LONDON REGIMENT) | [43] | |
| BADGE OF THE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS (5TH BATTALION) | [43] | |
| BADGE OF THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY | [43] | |
| SOME REGIMENTAL BUTTONS | [49] | |
| A HORSE AMULET BEARING THE DEVICE OF THE ROYAL FUSILIERS | [57] | |
| HELMET PLATE OF THE ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY | [57] | |
| A SLEEVE FROM A COAT OF THE OLD 2ND (SOUTH MIDDLESEX) VOLUNTEER REGIMENT | [67] | |
| A BELT BUCKLE FROM THE SAME REGIMENT | [67] | |
| A FLINT-LOCK PISTOL | [77] | |
| THE ACTION PART OF THE ABOVE | [77] | |
| THE BARREL OF A GUN ORNAMENTED WITH A TWIN HEAD OF MINERVA | [85] | |
| AN OLD POWDER-FLASK | [85] | |
| A SOUTH AFRICAN POM-POM SHELL AND A MARTINI-HENRI CARTRIDGE | [93] | |
| CARTRIDGES AS USED IN THE GREAT WAR. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: GERMAN, FRENCH, BELGIAN, AND BRITISH | [93] | |
| AN OLD SWORD WITH STRAIGHT CROSS-GUARDS | [101] | |
| AN ITALIAN DAGGER HAVING A REPLICA OF THE FAMOUS COLUMN OF ST. MARK FOR GRIP | [101] | |
| ROYALIST BADGE WORN BY THE PARTISANS OF CHARLES I | [109] | |
| THE CRIMEAN MEDAL | [117] | |
| THE GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL, 1793-1814 | [123] | |
| THE AFGHAN MEDAL | [123] | |
| SOUTH AFRICAN MEDAL, 1877-9 | [123] | |
| THE INDIAN MUTINY MEDAL | [133] | |
| THE CHINA MEDAL, 1842-60 | [145] | |
| THE EGYPTIAN MEDAL, 1882-9 | [145] | |
| THE SUTLEJ MEDAL | [157] | |
| THE PUNJAB MEDAL | [157] | |
| THE THIRD INDIAN GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL | [157] | |
| THE QUEEN AND KING'S SOUTH AFRICAN MEDALS, 1899-1902 (The same reverse was used for both pieces) | [171] | |
| A CHECK TO CORSICAN ASSURANCE By Cruikshank | [191] | |
| NAPOLEON'S CARRIAGE ARRIVING AT THE LONDON MUSEUM By Cruikshank | [199] | |
| A SINGULAR TRAIT OF BUONAPARTE'S FAVOURITE MAMELUKE By Cruikshank | [207] | |
| A BATTLEFIELD SOUVENIR PICKED UP ON THE PLAINS OF FLANDERS (The same helmet is shown with and without the cloth covering) | [217] | |
| A BATTLEFIELD SOUVENIR BEARING VERSES SHOWING THE BLOODTHIRSTY NATURE OF THE TYROLESE PEASANT AND SOLDIER | [227] | |
| AN OLD MUG BEARING THE FAMOUS PICTURE DEPICTING "THE DEATH OF WOLFE" | [237] | |
| A SOLDIER'S COMMUNICATION POSTED DURING THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR | [245] | |
| A SIMILAR COMMUNICATION FROM "SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE" | [245] | |
| A POST-CARD RECEIVED FROM A SOLDIER IN FRANCE BEARING STEREOTYPED GREETINGS | [257] | |
| MONEY OF THE GREAT REBELLION, 1642-9 (1. Newark sixpence—2. Colchester gold half unite—3. Pontefract two-shilling piece—4. Ormond half-crown—5. Dublin crown of Charles II) | [265] | |
| GUN MONEY OF JAMES II (1. Sixpence—2. Sixpence—3. Shilling—4. Shilling—5. Half-crown—6. Half-crown—7. Half-crown—8. Half-crown) | [271] | |
| GUN MONEY OF JAMES II (9. Shilling—10. Shilling—11. Half-crown—12. Half-crown—13. Half-crown—14. Crown—15. Crown—16. Limerick farthing) | [277] | |
| PAPER MONEY OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, 1793 | [283] | |
| OBSIDIONAL HALF-FRANC NOTE OF EPERNAY | [291] | |
| OBSIDIONAL FRANC NOTE OF EPERNAY | [291] | |
| A NEWSPAPER POSTER WHICH TOLD OF WELCOME NEWS | [297] | |
| A SET OF BONE DOMINOES CARVED BY PRISONERS TAKEN IN THE NAPOLEONIC WARS, AND INTERNED IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF PETERBOROUGH | [297] | |
| AN INTERESTING BROADSIDE PRINTED AT THE FAMOUS CATNACH PRESS, BEING ONE OF A SERIES DESCRIBING INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SOLDIER | [313] | |