Chats on Military Curios

by Stanley C. Johnson

• 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]