| ARMOUR HEADGEAR | [75] |
| WEAPONS | [99] |
| A MEDALLION STRUCK IN HONOUR OF JULIUS CÆSAR | [186] |
| MEDALLION COMMEMORATING THE VICTORY OF THE BATTLE OF THE BOYNE | [187] |
| MEDALLION COMMEMORATING THE FALL OF JAMES II | [187] |
| TWO MARLBOROUGH MEDALLIONS | [188] |
| MEDALLION COMMEMORATING THE BATTLE OF OUDENARDE | [189] |
| MEDALLION COMMEMORATING THE SURRENDER OF LILLE | [189] |
| MEDALLION COMMEMORATING THE BATTLE OF DUNBLANE | [190] |
| MEDALLION COMMEMORATING THE BATTLE OF DETTINGEN | [190] |
| MEDALLION COMMEMORATING THE BATTLE OF MINDEN | [193] |
| THE OLDEST ENGLISH BRASS | [215] |
| FACSIMILE OF A PORTION OF A LETTER WRITTEN BY CROMWELL TO LENTHALL, ANNOUNCING THE VICTORY OF NASEBY | [225] |
| AUTOGRAPH LETTER WRITTEN BY NAPOLEON III TO WILLIAM I OF GERMANY AFTER THE BATTLE OF SEDAN | [231] |
| SOME AUTOGRAPHS OF NOTED SOLDIERS | [235] |
| SOME HISTORIC POST-MARKS USED ON MILITARY CORRESPONDENCE | [252] |
| A CUTTING FROM "THE TIMES" OF NOVEMBER 9, 1796 | [308] |
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The Author wishes to acknowledge his indebtedness to Dr. Philip Nelson for the loan of the valuable coins which figure in the illustrations on pages 265, 271, and 277; to Mr. Tom Satterthwaite for the loan of many of the medals depicted in these pages; to Mr. Leonard Baggott for the loan of arms; to Messrs. Henry Sotheran for permission to reproduce three Cruikshank prints; to Messrs. Spink & Son for permission to reproduce the Royalist Badge; also to Mr. Edwin Johnson, B.Sc., and Mr. James Pryor for the loan of various curios included in the following pages.
The Author also wishes to state that in forming his own collection of military curios he has gained much helpful assistance from "The Connoisseur"; from C. H. Ashdown's "British and Foreign Arms and Armour"; from J. H. Mayo's "Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy"; from D. H. Irwin's "War Medals and Decorations"; from Ralph Nevill's "British Military Prints"; from Edward Beaumont's works dealing with Brasses; and from the authorities of the Royal United Service Museum.
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
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