ILLUSTRATIONS
LIST OF PLATES
| A BRONZE MEDALLION OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON | Frontispiece | |
| PAGE | ||
| 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 | |
ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT
| 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 |