INDEX
- Abyssinian medal, 155
- Airey's Balaklava notes, 232-3
- American War, use of rifles in, 97
- Armour, 321
- Armour, decline of, 56
- Armour, drawbacks in collecting, 72
- Armour, effects of, on swords, 100
- Armour, forged, 72-3
- Armour, glossary of terms, 82-7
- Armour, periods in, 74
- Army List, 309
- Army Post Office Corps, 247, 248-51
- Autographs of noted soldiers, 235
- Autographs, the care of, 234
- Autographs, the price of, 236-9
- Autographs, the value of, 224
- Ashantis, King of, execution bowl, 311-12
- Assignats, 264
- Badges, 19-20
- Badges, mottoes on, 48-51
- Badges, mounting and preserving, 45
- Badges, special distinctions borne by, 46-7
- Balaklava notes, 232-3
- Baltic medal, 154
- Bargains advertised in newspapers, 21
- Bargains in armour, 71
- Battlefield souvenirs, 25, 301-4
- Battle honours, 45
- Battle of Boyne, medallion, 187
- Bayeux tapestry, 98
- Bayonet, 19
- Beeston siege money, 270
- Bengasi stamps, 256
- "Best-shot" medal, 175
- "Black Marias," 301
- Black Prince, statue of, 322
- Blenheim, medallion, 188
- Blücher, saddle used by, 307
- Blue uniforms, 65
- Bone objects made by prisoners, 290-3
- Books containing fine military prints, 201-3
- Book which saved soldier's life, 303
- Brass, oldest English, 215
- British Museum, 26, 185, 198, 322
- Bunbury, 203-4
- Burmah medal, 140
- Buttons, 19
- Camail armour, 80
- Camoys, Thomas and Elizabeth, brass to the memory of, 219
- Carlisle siege money, 268
- Cavalier's dress, 60
- Ceylon medal, 122
- Chain-mail period, 76
- Chain-mail reinforced, 76
- Cheynie, Humfrie, brass to the memory of, 219
- China medal, 140
- Chocolate box, 309
- Colchester siege money, 270
- Colours, regimental, 304
- Commonwealth, dress of, 60
- Copenhagen National Museum, 74
- Coronation medal, 179
- Crimea medal, 154
- Crimea War, 98, 244
- Cromwell and medals, 114
- Cromwell, letter written by, 225
- Culloden medal, 115
- Culverins, 95-6
- Curios of the Great War enumerated, 312-5
- Cyclas period, 79
- D'Abernon, Sir John, brass to memory of, 215
- Dartmoor, prisoners at, 295
- Deccan medal, 119
- Decorations, the need for special, 165
- Detecting forged armour, 73
- Dettingen medallion, 193
- Distinguished Conduct in the Field decoration, 169, 173
- Distinguished Service Order, 170
- Documents, official, 310
- Dorchester, Lord, letter written by, 230
- Dress, 306
- Dunbar medal, 114
- Dunblane medallion, 190
- Early medallions, 184
- Edge Hill, Battle of, 111
- Egyptian medal, 127-8
- Egypt, military post office in, 247-8
- Enfield-Martini rifles, 98
- Enfield rifles, 98
- Epernay paper money, 263
- Fall of James II, medallion, 187
- Ffelbrygge, Sir Symon, brass to the memory of, 219
- Flash, 66
- Fleurs-de-lys on tunics, 66
- Flint-lock, 92, 96
- Floor brasses, 211-3
- Forged armour, 72-3
- Forlorn-hope medal, 112
- Francis II of Germany, medal awarded by, 121
- Ghuznee medal, 22, 142
- Gillray, 203-5
- Glossary of terms in armour, 82-7
- Gloucester Regiment, double badge worn by, 66
- Grangerizing, 319
- Grape-shot from Capri, 303
- Great Rebellion, money of, 264
- Greenland Valleyfield, prisoners at, 295
- Green uniforms, 65
- Guidons, 303
- Gun money, 274
- Gun used in Mafeking, 304
- Hackles worn by Northumberland Fusiliers, 66
- Half-armour period, 82
- Helmets, 301-2
- Holographs, 226
- Hougomont, portion of gate of, 303
- Household Cavalry, uniform of, 64
- Hyderabad medal, 144
- I.E.F. stamps, 254
- Indian General Service medal, 150
- Indian Mutiny medal, 154
- Indian postal arrangements on active service, 254-6
- Industrial Museum, Vienna, 74
- Interned soldiers in Holland, 289
- Irish siege money, 273
- Java medal, 129
- Jellalabad medal, 142-3
- Jubilee medal, 179
- Julius Cæsar medallion, 186
- Jupon period in armour, 80
- Kruger rifle, 92
- 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
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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
- Wadham, Nicholas and Dorothy, brass to memory of, 219
- Wadi Halfa Post Office, 248
- Wallace Collection, 25, 74
- War stamps, recent, 253
- Waterloo, 22, 303, 309
- Waterloo, bayonet used at, 92
- Waterloo medal, 138
- Waterperry, brass at, 214
- Wheel-locks, 96
- William and Mary re-valued the gun money, 281
- Wiltshire Regiment badge, 45
- Wolfe, bullet which killed, 303
- Wyon's medallions, 185
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