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

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

Yeomanry decorations, 179

Young Pretender's defeat, medallion commemorating the, 115

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