MILITARY SECTION
PAGE
First Campaign Medals[1]
Early Medals granted by The Honourable East India Company[9]
First Medal for Egypt, 1801[16]
The Mahratta War[20]
First Official Military Officers' Medal[25]
The Peninsular War[26]
Continental Peninsular War Medals[66]
Waterloo and Quatre Bras[70]
British and Continental Waterloo Medals[81]
Nepaul, 1814-15[86]
First Burmese War[90]
First Afghan War[94]
First Chinese War[98]
Second Afghan War[100]
The Gwalior Campaign[109]
The Sikh Wars[111]
Second Punjab Campaign[119]
First New Zealand War[124]
Military General Service Medal granted[128]
India General Service Medal granted[133]
First Kaffir Wars[134]
Second Burmese War[137]
The Crimean War[139]
Persian War[155]
Indian Mutiny[156]
Second Chinese War[178]
Second New Zealand War[182]
Abyssinian War[189]
Ashantee War[192]
Zulu War[197]
Third Afghan War[202]
Egyptian Campaigns[210]
Riel's Rebellion[217]
Annexation of Burma[218]
Black Mountain and Border Expeditions[220]
East and West Africa[227]
Second Ashantee War[229]
Chitral[230]
Matabeleland and Rhodesia[235]
The Sudan[239]
Third Ashantee War[244]
Third Chinese War[245]
The Boer War[248]
Nigeria[256]
African Expeditions[257]
Natal Rebellion[259]
Tibet Expedition[259]
Abor[261]
Sudan, 1910[262]
NAVAL SECTION
Armada Medals[266]
Charles I Medals[267]
Commonwealth Medals[268]
The Dutch Wars[269]
Charles II Medals[271]
La Hogue[273]
Queen Anne Medals[274]
George I and George II Medals[276]
"The Glorious" 1st of June[279]
Naval Gold Medal instituted[280]
St. Vincent[281]
Camperdown[283]
The Nile[284]
Copenhagen[287]
Trafalgar[288]
Trafalgar Medals[290]
Bars issued with Naval General Service Medal[293]
Bars issued for Boat Actions[305]
Algiers[306]
Ava[307]
Navarino[308]
Syria[309]
China, 1840-2[310]
Scinde, 1843[310]
Punjab, 1848-9[311]
China, 1856-60[311]
Pegu[311]
Crimea[312]
Naval Brigade in Crimean War[315]
Indian Mutiny[316]
New Zealand, 1845-6-7[317]
Crews engaged in Abyssinia, Ashantee, Perak, and South Africa[318]
Egyptian Wars[319]
African Expeditions[329]
Boer War[333]
Meritorious Service Medals[336]
Long Service Medals[348]
How Medals are named[352]
Some Continental and Foreign War Medals[357]
Pistrucci's Waterloo Medal[374]
Regimental Designations[377]
Sale Prices[382]
INDEX[401]

ILLUSTRATIONS

V.C. and Medals awarded to Quartermaster Wooden[Frontispiece]
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Royalist Badges[1]
Dunbar Medal[4]
Medal for Oudenarde[4]
H.E.I. Co.'s Medal for Seringapatam, 1799[12]
H.E.I. Co.'s Medal for Egypt, 1801[12]
Peninsular Gold Medal[16]
Gold Medal for Maida, 1806[20]
H.E.I. Co.'s Medal for Ava, 1824-6[20]
Portuguese Gold Cross (Commander's) for the Peninsular[28]
Portuguese Officer's Cross for the Peninsular[32]
Spanish Cross for Albuhera[36]
Spanish Cross for Ciudad Rodrigo[36]
Spanish Gold Cross for Vittoria[36]
Alcantara Medal, 1809[40]
Military General Service Medal[40]
Peninsular Gold Cross[44]
Peninsular Gold Medal with Bars[44]
Lieutenant-Colonel Brackenbury's Decorations[48]
Prussian Medals for Napoleonic Wars[52]
Bronze Medal to British German Legion[52]
Silver Medal to Hanseatic Legion[52]
Waterloo Medal[56]
Army of India Medal, 1799-1826[56]
Nassau Medal for Waterloo[60]
Hanoverian Medal for Waterloo[60]
Prussian Jubilee Medals for Waterloo[64]
"St. Helena" Medal[64]
Brunswick Medal for Waterloo[72]
Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg Waterloo Medal[72]
Pistrucci's Waterloo Medal[80]
Governor-General's Medal for Ghuznee, 1839[88]
Medal for Ghuznee, 1839[88]
Medal for Kelat-i-Ghilzie, 1842[96]
First Jellalabad Medal, 1842[96]
Second Jellalabad Medal ("Flying Victory"), 1842[100]
China Medal, 1842[100]
Medal for Cabul, 1842[100]
Medal for Candahar, etc.[108]
Bronze Star for Maharajpoor[108]
Bronze Star for Punniar, 1843[112]
Medal for Sutlej, 1845[112]
Medal for Punjab, 1849[112]
First India General Service Medal, 1854[120]
First South Africa Medal, 1853[120]
Crimea Medals[128]
First Médaille Militaire[132]
Sardinian Crimea Medal[132]
Second Chinese War Medal[132]
Victoria Cross[136]
Indian Order of Merit[136]
Meritorious Service Medal[136]
Distinguished Conduct Medal[140]
Conspicuous Gallantry Medal[140]
Indian Mutiny Medal[144]
New Zealand Medal[144]
Abyssinian Medal[148]
Canada Medal[148]
Ashantee Medal[148]
Zulu War Medal[148]
Afghan Medal, 1878-9-80[156]
Roberts Star for Kandahar[156]
Hong-Kong Plague Medal[160]
Egyptian War Medal[160]
Khedive's Star[160]
India Medal for Four Campaigns[164]
Egyptian Medal for Three Campaigns[164]
Africa Medal for Five Expeditions[164]
Jummoo and Kashmir Medal[168]
Hunza Nagar Badge[168]
Medal for Matabeleland[172]
Cape of Good Hope Medal[172]
Queen's Sudan Medal (Reverse)[172]
Khedive's Sudan Medal (Obverse)[172]
Queen's Sudan Medal (Obverse)[176]
Khedive's Sudan Medal (Reverse)[176]
Queen's South Africa Medal (Obverse)[176]
King's South Africa Medal (Reverse)[176]
Boer War Medals for Comparison[180]
Major Crooper's Decorations[184]
Medals illustrating Phases in the Life of Queen Victoria[188]
Bronze Star for Ashanti, 1896[192]
India 1895 Medal[192]
Mayor's Star for Defence of Kimberley[192]
Medal for Ashanti, 1900[198]
Medal for Tibet, 1903-4[198]
Medal for Natal Rebellion[198]
India General Service Medal, 1908[204]
India General Service Medal for Abor, 1911-12[204]
Medal for Sudan, 1910[204]
Distinguished Service Cross[208]
Distinguished Service Order[208]
Conspicuous Service Cross[208]
Royal Naval Reserve Medal[224]
H.E.I. Co.'s Meritorious Service Medal[224]
King Edward's Army Long Service Medal[224]
Victorian Volunteer Officer's Decoration[240]
Edwardian Colonial and Auxiliary Forces Decoration[240]
King Edward's Militia Long Service Medal[244]
King George's Territorial Efficiency Medal[244]
Victorian Military Long Service Medal[252]
King George's Naval Distinguished Service Medal[252]
Egyptian Medal for Bravery[256]
The Military Cross[256]
Elizabethan Naval Medal[266]
Commonwealth Medal for Dutch Wars[266]
Lord Uppingham's Armada Medal[270]
The Wyard Medal[270]
Charles II Silver Naval Medal[272]
Queen Anne Silver Naval Medal[276]
William III Silver Medal for La Hogue[280]
Naval Gold Medal for the "Glorious First of June"[280]
Rear-Admiral Ussher's Decorations[284]
Davison's Medal for the Nile[288]
Boulton's Medal for Trafalgar[290]
Naval General Service Medal[292]
Sultan's Medal for Acre[292]
Baltic Medal[296]
Naval Medal for Best Shot[296]
Africa General Service Medal[296]
Earl of St. Vincent's Medal, 1800[304]
William IV Naval Long Service Medal[308]
Victorian Naval Long Service Medal[308]
Edward VII Naval Long Service Medal[308]
Cross of the Légion d'Honneur[320]
Prussian Order of Merit (2nd Class)[324]
Austrian Cross for 1813-14[324]
Hessian Medal for 1814-15[324]
The Iron Cross[332]
Austrian Order of the Iron Crown[332]
Prussian Medal for Distinction in Service[332]
Austrian Officer's Gilt Cross[332]
Silver Cross for San Sebastian, 1846[336]
Iron Cross for San Sebastian, 1836[336]
Silver Medal for San Sebastian, 1836[340]
Baden Medal for 1849[340]
Baden Medal "For Faithful Service"[340]
French Medal for Mexico, 1862-3[348]
French Medal for Tonkin, 1883-5[348]
Papal Medal for 1860[352]
Cross for König Grätz (Sadowa)[352]
Geneva Cross for 1870-1[352]
French Medal for 1870-1[356]
German Medal for 1870-1[356]
Chilian War Medals[356]
Russian War Decorations[364]
Gold Medal for Manila Bay[368]
Medal for Serbo-Turkish War[372]
Medal for Serbo-Bulgarian War[372]
Serbian Medal "For Courage"[376]
Serbian Medal for Service to Wounded[376]
German Medal for South-West Africa[380]
Greek Medal for Greco-Turkish War[380]
Second Médaille Militaire[384]
H.E.I. Co.Honourable East India Company.
M.G.S.Military General Service.
N.G.S.Naval General Service.
I.G.S.India General Service.
V.C.Victoria Cross.
D.S.O.Distinguished Service Order.
D.C.M.Distinguished Conduct Medal.
D.S.C.Distinguished Service Cross.
D.S.M.Distinguished Service Medal.
C.G.M.Conspicuous Gallantry Medal.
G.S.M.General Service Medal.

MEDALLION OF EARL OF ESSEX.

SIR THOMAS FAIRFAX MILITARY AWARD, 1645.