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A BRONZE MEDALLION OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON Frontispiece
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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