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Medal Books

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BRITISH
MEDAL Yearbook 2012 - 580 pages. The must-have catalogue, LATEST EDITION with separate sections for Ireland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and unofficial issues -	£20
Hardback version of 2012 Medal Yearbook…	£25
Services Rendered - the Nominal Roll for the Silver War Badge WW1 - Volume 1 : Officers of the British Army, Alan Stuart 2009 325pp. Lists all 13,491 recipients of the SWB by number and name. Invaluable aid to identifying names and details. Only a few copies left....	£20
Services Rendered - the Nominal Roll for the Silver War Badge WW1 - Volume 2 : Nursing Service, Army Cyclists, RFC and the small Corps, Alan Stuart 2009/10. Nearly out of print…	£20
Services Rendered - the Nominal Roll for the Silver War badge - Volume 3 : The Guards - Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots, Irish and Welsh, plus Guards MG Regt. All 12,715 recipients...	£20
Services Rendered - the Nominal Roll for the Silver War Badge - Volume 4 : Machine Gun Corps and Tank Corps. 2011. 320pp. 14,848 recipients.	£20
Services Rendered - the Nominal Roll for the Silver War Badge - Volume 5 : Cavalry and Yeomanry. 341 pages. JUST OUT..	£20
British Battles and Medals - NEW 7th edition - by Spink Long out-of-print and sought after, now an updated version is available - 800+ pages. Edited by Hayward, Birch and Bishop. (Postage is an extra £5 only for UK; Europe, add £15 postage) RRP £85, but from us.....	£50
The Great War Medal Collectors Companion, by Howard Williamson. Mammoth tome, issued just in late Summer. 600 pages, hardback. Indispensable for WW1 medal collectors. (P&P+£10)	£60
Medals, Decorations & Orders of World War One, Purves 1989, now out of print 191pp Invaluable aid, as it lists all the awards by both sides, with colour charts, full descriptions, alphabetic list of the legends and many b/w illustrations.	£25
Medals, Decorations & Orders of World War Two, Purves 1986, also out of print now 162pp similar and companion volume to the above, same format; very useful	£25
The 1879 Zulu War - through the eyes of the Illustrated London News, Lock & Quantrill 2003 309 pp. Re-scanned HB volume, with profuse b/w illustrations.	£20
Honours & Awards - The South Staffordshire Regt 1914-18, Elson 2006	£25
Honours & Awards - The NorthStaffordshire Regt 1914-18, Elson 2006	£25
Recipients of the DCM 1855-1909 Abbott 1987 127pp	£35
Recipients of the DCM 1914-1920 Walker 1981 219 pp as new	£30
The Most Noble Order of the Garter, 650 years, Begent & Chesshyre 1999 469pp (Was £75)	£40
Royal Service, Stanley Vol 3 2001 104pp (Was £30)	£15
The Order of the British Empire, Galloway 1996 188pp (Was £25)	£15
North-West Frontier 1908 - the Zakka Khel & Mohmand Campaigns, Duckers 2006 99pp	£10
Egypt 1882 ; Dispatches, Casualties, Awards. Duckers 2001 147pp (Was £15)	£10
The Azoff Campaign 1855 (P'back) Duckers & Mitchell 1996 253pp (Was £20)	£12
Remember Nelson, Medals / Medallions / Insignia Th Hardy 2005 141pp (Was £15)	£8
Victoria Cross Bibliography, Mulholland & Jordan 1999 217pp (Was £25)	£15
Victoria Cross - Presentations & Locations, Pillinger & Staunton 2000 74pp	£5
Gallantry Awards to the Gloucestershire Regiment 1914-18, Littlewood 2005 244pp (Was £45)	£20
KIMBERLEY - Siege account and Medal Roll, D Biggins 580pp 2010 (Token Publ'n)	£30
A Guide to the Anglo-Boer War sites of KwaZulu-Natal, Torlage & Watt.1999 62pp Many maps.	£8
Lifeboat Gallantry: RNLI Medals and how they were won 1824 - 1996 Cox, Spink 1998 454pp	£20
The King's & Queen's Medal for Shooting 1869-1998 Owen 143pp 1999	£12
Afloat & Ashore - The Royal Navy during the Boer War 1899-1902, by Peter Singlehurst…. signed by the author ! 2006 184pp All ships illustrated.	£30
Honour the Armies M.Maton 2006 - 788 A4 pages, listing A-Z all WW2 recipients of Gallantry & Distinguished service. Invaluable for checking names, and general research. (UK post add £5)	£85
Honour the Navies M.Maton 2007 Companion volume to the above; similar format..	£75
Honour the Officers M.Maton 2009 As the above two volumes, huge and invaluable.	£95
Honour Those Mentioned - the Air Forces, Maton 2011 As above	£75
Honour Those Mentioned - the Armies Vol 1 MiD to names A - K in WW2, Maton 2011	£75
The Whitewash Brigade - The Hong Kong Plague 1894 by Platt/Jones/Platt 1998 276pp
Was £35…….. But we have the entire remaining stocks, thus from us only………	£20
Police Medals of the World, Campion - Token Title 2002 390pp	£20
Medical Officers in the British Army 1660 - 1960 by Peterkin & Johnston, in 2 volumes :
Vol 1 - 1660-1898, Vol 2 - 1898-1960 1968.	£40
British & Foreign Orders, War medals & Decorations, AA Payne 1981 reprint 811pp	£30
Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1919, includes Indian Army. 1988 Hayward 286pp	£20
Fringes of the Fleet & the Distinguished Service Cross, Witte 1997 228pp	£25
Naval Double DSO's 1914-20 Witte 1998	£20
Elandslaagte - account and medal roll, by Biggins 223pp 2004	£25
The South Africa 1853 Roll - Recipients between 1834 & 1853 Everson 155pp 1978	£12
Tribute - a salute to the B.E.F. of WW2 British Legion Turner 1995 306pp	£15
For Valour - The Air VCs, Bowyer 1992 548pp, many b/w illustrations Was £29.95 Now...	£15
VC's of the First World War - Gallipoli, Snelling 1995 264pp	£15
The History of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps 1919-1961 by Clabby 1963 244pp	£18
75 Eventful years - A Tribute to the Royal Air Force 1918-1993, Ross 1993 350pp	£10
Coronation & Royal Commemorative medals 1887-1977 Cole 1977 68pp	£5
Italy - official military & civilian medals of Italy, 1st edition, by Dimitri Bini 2008 221 pp	£30
US Marine Corps - Decorations, Medals, Ribbons, Badges & Insignia - WW2 to present. By JG Thompson 1998 122pp. Softback A4 size.	£20
European Orders - by Nimmergut (in German) Battenberg. 2007: hugely illustrated throughout in full colour. Much info. 250pp	£25
By Grace of the Lord of the Realm - Medal Roll for the 1903 Delhi Durbar, M. Rouse
2002 84pp (Token Publishing) Signed by the author!	£12
The Relief of Kimberley - "Success of a General", General French, B. Kieran
2001 156pp (Token Publishing) Signed by the author !	£18
Badges & Insignia of World War II - Air Force / Naval / Marine, by Rossignoli 1983 ed. 363pp
with 2,500 colour illustrations !	£20
Locations of British Cavalry, Infantry and Machine Gun Units 1914-1924, Gould 1977 48pp	£10
Allied Special Forces Insignia 1939-1948 P Taylor 2000 220pp Was £20……	£10
Military Badge Collecting, John Gaylor 1995 edition (the last one) 294pp	£12
GERMAN/NAZI
German Medals and Awards 1800 to 1945, Nimmergut, now published by Battenberg Verlag. 896 pp 2010 softback; Full colour illustrations. In German 18th edition. This is the original OEK (Deutsche Orden und Ehrenzeichen Katalog), We use this (Ni refers)	£40
Companion volume to above - Ribbons of the German medals, 2008 272pp all in colour. 3rd edition, now published by Battenberg Verlag.	£30
GERMAN TINNIES - mammoth work in 2 volumes of all issued tinnies with a named town or place, by Tieste 1930-1945. Volume 1 A-K 416pp, Volume 2 L-Z on to page 800. A4 format. Tagungs- und Veranstaltungsabzeichen. Invaluable, each one illustrated in b/w	£95
Third Reich Awards , by Lothar Hartung & Bichlmaier. New 2011/12 27th edition. 192 pp - all in German, with prices in Euros. B/W illustrations, with 2 pages of colour ribbons.	£15
Another, 2007/2008 edition	£10
Catalogue of German pin-badges, HÜSKEN 5th edition 2010 (Katalog der Abzeichen desutscher Organisationen 1871 - 1945), 611pp, plus 6,500+ colour pictures and valuations	£45
NEW - Belt-buckles of Germany 1800 - 2000, by Husken 2007 128pp Fully illustrated, mostly in colour. (Katalog der Koppelschlosser und Leibbinden). In German, of course !	£25
Nazi swords and Daggers, by Bichlmaier and Hartung (Dolche und Ehrendolche des 3. Reiches), new edition with prices in Euros.	£20
Award Documents of the 3rd Reich, by Hartung 9th edition 2010 200pp (Verleihungsurkunden)	£20
Another, 9th edition 1999 19600	£15
Medals of Prussia in 3 volumes - 2001 - 2002 edition The set of three…..	£55
Vol 1 - Brandenburg/Ansbach/Bayreuth/Preussen: Vol 2 - 1701-1888. Vol 3 - 1888-1935.
Tinnies of the WHW - by Tieste 2003 4th edition (Spendenbelege des Winterhilfswerkes) - Volume 1, includes Tag der Polizei and Tag der Wehrmacht issues. 343 pp	£15
Tinnies and similar - companion volume to the above - this volume covers DJH, DRK, Mutter & Kind, and various other paper and material "Spendenbelege" 1925-1945. 2006 302pp	£15
German Combat Awards 1935-1945, A Beadle 2004 362 pp s/b.	£25
SECONDHAND MILITARY BOOKS, IN GOOD CONDITION.
War Medals and their History, WA Steward 1915 407pp Many b/w illustrations	£20
British Battles and Medals, Major LL Gordon, 1962 451pp (Campaign medals from 1588)	£35
Honour the Light Brigade, Lummis & Wynn 1973 320pp Roll of participants.	£40
Honours & Awards Indian Army 1914-1921 302pp (Hayward reprint of 1931 original roll)	£15
The Campaign of 1882 in Egypt Col Maurice 1973 reprint of 1887 original	£15
Orders and Decorations, Vaclav Mericka, 1967 316pp; mostly full colour illustrations - a truly sumptuous tome, the text only takes up 108pp, the rest is illustrations.	£90
Book of Orders & Decorations, Mericka 1975 248pp Many illustrations; a cheaper version of above.	£40
Another copy, this one 2nd edition 1990, same colour illustrations, but text in German!
entitled "Faleristik" 252pp 1976	£30
British Battles & Medals, Joslin, Litherland & Simpkin 1988 298pp (New edition has 800+)	£30
Spink's Standard Catalogue of British Orders, Decorations & Medals, Joslin 1990 222pp 6th	£20
Spink's Standard Catalogue of British Orders, Decorations & Medals, Joslin 1983 191pp	£15
Ribbons & Medals, Taprell Dorling (Taffrail) - 1956 286pp	£10
Ribbons & Medals, Taprell Dorling - revised by AA Purves 1983 320pp	£30
The Great War, by Winston Churchill, 26 fortnightly parts, issued in 1933 Total 1668 pages over the 26 parts. Fully illustrated with maps and b/w photos.	£52
Orders, Medals & Decorations of Britain & Europe Hieronymussen 1967 256pp 80pp in colour	£20
The Somme - the Day-by-Day account C McCarthy 1993 176pp B/w illust throughout	£15
Military General Service 1793-1814 (Canadian recipients) Egypt medal 1882-89 (Canadian recipients) North-West Canada 1885. Medal Rolls. 1975 191pp	£45
Events in the Taeping Rebellion - the story of General Charles Gordon ('China Gordon') during this time. 1st edition 1891. 531pp, plus map of the area.	£40
The Last Post - a Roll of all Officers, who died in the South African War 1899-1902, Dooner 1980 reprint of the 1903 original. 446pp With bibliographical note to each one.	£40
The Distinguished Service Medal 1939-1946, Fevyer 1981 163pp Roll of all recipients.	£30
The George Medal - list of medallists 1940-45, Fevyer 1980 114pp	£20
Army Badges & Insignia of WW2 book 1. Rosignolli 1985 228pp (88 plates, mostly colour)	£10
Army Badges & Insignia post 1945, Rosignoli 1973 (1986 reprint) 218pp with 93 colour plates	£15
Ribbons of Orders, Decorations & Medals Rosignoli 1976 165pp 64 colour plates.	£10
World Army Badges & Insignia since 1939, omnibus edition Rosignolli 1985 218pp (88&93 pl)	£20
VCs of the Somme - a biographical portrait, Gliddon 1991 212pp as new	£15
Honours and Awards of the Old Contemptibles - roll of those MiD from 1914-15, officers & men in the Army and Navy. 1971 reprint of 1915 original. 58pp	£15
British Gallantry Awards, Abbott & Tamplin 1981 316pp. The standard work.	£20
The Second World War, AJP Taylor, An Illustrated History 1975 235pp	£10
Collecting Medals & Decorations, AA Purves 1978 237 pp S/B	£8
The Honourable Artillery Company 1537 - 1947 by Gould Walker 1954 380pp	£30
Uniforms of the British Army - The Infantry Regiments, WY Carman 224pp 1985	£10
Uniforms of the British Army - The Cavalry Regiments, WY Carman 222pp 1982	£10
FAMOUS REGIMENTS
The 7th Queen's Own Hussars Brereton 1975 221pp	£10
The 11th Hussars Brett-Smith 1969 325pp (Softback unusually)	£10
The Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) Hills 1970 115pp	£9
The West Yorkshire Regiment Barker 1974 80pp	£9
The East Yorkshire Regiment Barker 1971 152pp	£9
The Life Guards RJT Hills 1971 128pp	£9
The Royal Berkshire Regiment F Myatt 1968 136pp	£9
The King's Royal Rifle Corps H F Wood 1967 149pp	£9
The Welsh Guards Retallack 1981 177pp	£9
The Royal Engineers Boyd 1975 162pp	£9
The South Wales Borderers J Adams 1968 157pp	£9
The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders D Sutherland 1969 127pp	£9
The Middlesex Regiment Blaxland 1977 142pp	£9
The Red Devils Norton 1984 310pp	£9
The Dorset Regiment Popham 1970 126pp	£9
The Queen's Royal Regiment J Haswell 1967 152pp	£9
The Somerset Light Infantry H Popham 1968 129pp	£9
The Royal Fusiliers Foss 1967 153pp	£9
The Royal Scots Brander 1976 110pp	£9
The Royal Dragoons RJT Hills 1972 108pp	£9
The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers B Peacock 1970 128pp	£9
The Highland L ight Infantry LB Oatts (no dust-jacket) 1969 113pp	£8
The Women's Royal Army Corps S Bidwell 1977 141pp	£9
The Royal Norfolk Regiment T Carew 1967 156pp	£9
The Rifle Brigade B Harvey 1975 130pp	£9
The Royal Army Service Corps G Crew 1970 320pp	£9
The United States Marines EH Simmons 1974 184pp	£12