PETER MORRIS Dealer in Coins & Medals

Medal Books

NEW MILITARY / MEDAL BOOKS.
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(Europe and World at cost, please ask)
BRITISH
MEDAL YEARBOOK 2008 - OUT NOW ! - now bigger than ever at 584 pages, everything in colour, and the ribbons appear in colour alongside each medal, as well as at the back. (2007 edition only had 560 pages !	£20
Medal Yearbook 2007 - With 560 pages. Unopened, sealed copy !	£12
Medal Yearbook 2006 - With 536 pages. A few mint copies left…………..	£8
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)	£85
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
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 Whitewash Brigade - The Hong Kong Plague 1894 by Platt/Jones/Platt 1998 276pp
Was £35…….. But we have the entire 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 :
Vo 1 - 1660-1898, Vol 2 - 1898-1960 1968.	£40
British & Foreign Orders, War medals & Decorations, AA Payne 1981 reprint 811pp	£30
Boer War Tribute medals, Hibbard 1982 240pp, lavishly illustrated with G. Hoberman's photos.	£45
The Battle Honours of the British & Indian Armies 1662-1982, HCB Cook 1987 552pp. Was £75	£40
The Last Post - Boer War Officer Casualties roll. By Dooner 1980 reprint of 1903 original	£30
Fringes of the Fleet & the Distinguished Service Cross, Witte 1997 228pp	£25
Naval Double DSOs 1914-1920 Witte 1998 (Lists all recipients, plus photo and details)	£20
The Cross of Sacrifice Volume 2 - Officers in the RN, RNR, RNVR, RM, RNAS and RAF
1914-1919 by Jarvis 1993 165pp	£25
The Cross of Sacrifice Volume 3 Officers who died in Commonwealth & Colonial Regiments
1914-1919 by Jarvis 1994	£25
Elandslaagte - account and medal roll, by Biggins 223pp 2004	£25
Honours & Awards - The South Staffs Regt 1914-18 by Elson 199pp 2003	£20
Honours & Awards - The PoW - North Staffs Regt 1914-18 by Elson 149pp 2004	£20
Location of British Cavalry, Infantry & Machine Gun Units 1914-24 Gould 1977 48pp	£8
Lifeboat Gallantry: RNLI Medals and how they were won 1824 - 1996 Cox, Spink 1998 454pp	£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
The King's & Queen's Medal for Shooting 1869-1998 Owen 143pp 1999	£12
List of British Officers taken prisoner in the various Theatres of War between August 1914 and November 1918, compiled by Cox 218pp Reprint from the 1919 original	£18
Allied Combat Medals of WW2 - Vol 1 : British, Commonwealth & Europe. Ailsby 1989 248pp	£15
The South Africa 1853 Roll - Recipients between 1834 & 1853 Everson 155pp 1978	£12
Second Afghan War 1878-1880 Casualty Roll Farrington 1986 189pp	£17
The China War Medal 1900 to the Royal Navy & Royal Marines. Fevyer & Wilson 1985 164pp +	£17
Tribute - a salute to the B.E.F. of WW2 British Legion Turner 1995 306pp	£15
The Great War - illustrated history of the First World War, re-printed in 6 monster volumes -
in total 7,000 pages, 400 maps, 12,500 photos -
Vol 1 Opening Moves /Vol 2 Digging in /Vol 3 Deadlock /Vol 4 Carnage /Vol 5 Continuing
Struggle /Vol 6 Victory at Last. Huge, and very heavy (Ask about postage!) The set….	£95
The History of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps 1919-1961 by Clabby 1963 244pp	£20
World War 1 - day by day by Westwell 2000 192pp, many b/w illustration	£20
The Times Diary & Index of the War 1914-18 1985 Hayward reprint	£15
Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War, 1998 356pp	£20
75 Eventful years - A Tribute to the Royal Air Force 1918-1993, Ross 1993 350pp	£10
By Sea, By Land - The Authorised history of the Royal Marines Commandos, Ladd 1998 606pp	£10
With Full and Grateful Hearts - A Register of Royal Marines Deaths 1914 - 1919 1991 362pp	£10
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 Regimental Records of the British Army 1660-1901 JS Farmer 1984 223pp	£15
French Campaign medals of the Great War 1914-1918, by C Rippingale 2005 77pp OMRS publ	£25
Coronation & Royal Commemorative medals 1887-1977 Cole 1977 68pp	£5
Royal Flying Corps - Communiques 1915-16 ed. Cole 1990 351pp, many b/w photos	£15
Royal Air Force - Communiques 1918 ed. Cole 1990 256pp, as above	£15
European Orders - by Nimmergut (in German) Battenberg. 2007 JUST OUT : hugely illsutrated throughout in full colour. Much info. 250pp	£25
GERMAN/NAZI.
German Medals and Awards 1871 to date, Nimmergut / Feder / Von der Heyde -- JUST OUT, 464 pp 2006 softback; includes East Germany. Full colour illustrations. In German	£25
Companion volume to above - Ribbons of the German medals, arriving soon !	£ ?
Nimmergut's 2007/2008 German medals and awards. 560pp, all revised and priced in Euros. All medals illustrated in full colour (We use this reference to identify our German stock (Ni….)	£30
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
Awards of the 3rd Reich, Hartung & Bichlmaier, NEW 2007/2008 edition out now ! 192pp	£20
Awards of the 3rd Reich, Hartung, 2005/6 edition, in German but with many illus. 192pp	£10
Awards of the 3rd Reich, Hartung, 2003-04 edition, in German but with many illus. 192pp	£5
German Tinnies, by Heering & Husken - (Katalog der Abzeichen deutscher Organisationen 1871-1945; list with b/w illustrations 416pp 4th extended edition. 1997	£35
Award Documents of the 3rd Reich, by Hartung 9th edition 1999 196pp (Verleihungsurkunden)	£15
Another, 7th edition 1985 159pp	£10
A Collector's Guide to World War 2 German Medals & Political Awards by C. Ailsby pprbk	£25
Paris in the 3rd Reich - 1940-44. Pryce-Jones 1981 294pp	£10
German Helmets 1897-1914, Schiers 1978 220pp, many b/w illustrations	£15
Medals of Prussia in 3 volumes - 2001 - 2002 editions, just out….. Each………….	£24
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	£20
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	£20
GENERAL
Badges & Insignia of World War II - Air Force / Naval / Marine, by Rossignoli 1983 ed. 363pp
with 2,500 colour illustrations !	£25
The RAF at War - well illustrated in colour & b/w, Barker 1981 176pp	£15
Knights of the Air - well illustrated in colour & b/w, Brown 1980 192pp	£15
Gallantry Medals & Awards of the World - from Crimea to Falklands & Gulf, Clarke 1993 248pp	£20
Military Badge Collecting, Gaylor 6th edition. 1996 294pp	£12
Regiments and Corps of the British Army, Hallows 1994 320pp B/w illustrations	£12
British Army Cloth Insignia - 1940 to the present BL Davis 1985; 600 illustrated	£12
Military and Naval Silver - Treasures of the Mess and Wardroom, Perkins 1999 232pp	£20
Trench Art - a brief history & guide 1914-1939 Saunders 2001 159pp	£10
Allied Special Forces Insignia 1939-1948 Taylor 2000 220pp, many colour illustration.	£15
SECONDHAND MILITARY BOOKS, IN GOOD CONDITION.
The Naval General Service Medal Roll 1793 - 1840 Douglas-Morris 1982 403pp,	£38
The Waterloo Roll Call, Dalton 2nd edition 1971 re-print. 296pp	£25
A Companion to the British Army 1660-1983, D Ascoli 1983 as new. 319pp	£15
A Catalogue of Campaign & Ind. Medals of 20th C. to the British Army, Poulsom 1969 127pp	£8
War medals & their History, Steward 1915 407pp B/w illustrations. DSO embossed on cover.	£24
Ribbons & Medals, Taprell Dorling - revised by AA Purves 1983 320pp	£30
The Naval Who's Who 1917 1981 Hayward Reprint 344pp	£18
The Campaign of 1882 in Egypt 1978 reprint of 1887 original Col. Maurice 221pp	£17
Honour the Light Brigade Lummis & Wynn 1973 320pp plus 16 pages of plates/photos	£17
Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1919, new edition including Indian Army 1988 286pp	£25
Our Heroes - Mons to the Somme August 1914 - July 1916; Photos & biographical notes of Officers of Irish Regiments and Irish Officers of British Regiments. LSE Reprint of 1916 original. 243 pages - each page contains b/w pictures of recipients.	£30
Cape of Good Hope GSM - The Medal Roll - prepared by DR Forsyth of Johannesburg 79pp	£25
Queen's South Africa Medal - 1898-1902 Royal Navy & Royal Marines 1970s 54pp C Lusted	£15
South Africa Field force Casualty List - 1899-1902. Hibbard 1972; lists all Cavalry, RA / RE, Infantry regiments, Colonial contingents and Others. Hard-back	£40
The South African War Casualty Roll - Natal Field Force, Oct.1899 - Oct.1900. 1980 237pp	£18
Head-dress Badges of British Army, Kipling & King. 1973 468pp B/W illustrations throughout.	£40
Badges & Insignia of the British Armed Services, May, Carman & Tanner. 1974 367pp	£30
Army Badges & Insignia since 1945 by Rossignoli 1973 (1986 reprint) 218pp with 93 pages of (mostly) colour plates. Same format as previous 2 books	£15
Battle Honoursd of the British Army, CB Norman 1971 500pp	£8
Changing China, by Gascoyne-Cecil, 1910 342 pp	£20
The Chindit War - Campaign in Burma 1944, by Bidwell 1979 304pp	£10
The Regimental Records of the British Army, 1984 reprint of the 1901 original Farmer 223pp	£17
Naval & Air Force Honours and Awards, Hayward, from official lists in 1919/20. The standard wk	£17
Honours and Awards to the Indian Army 1914-1921 Hayward reprint of the 1931 original 302pp	£18
The Great War, by Sir Winston Churchill 1933, in 26 fortnightly parts, each price 1/- Complete	£45
1914 - The Battles in the West, Dupuy 1967 90pp	£8
The Air War in the West - Sept 39 to May 41 Dupuy 1964 76p	£8
The Air War in the West - June 41 to April 45 Dupuy 1965 66pp	£8
The Air War in the Pacific - Air Power leads the Way Dupuy 1966 88pp	£8
Deed that thrill the Empire, WW1 exploits. Vol 1 c. 1920 ? 440pp, 462 b/w & 12 colour illus.	£20
Orders, Medals & Decorations of Britain & Europe Hieronymussen 1967 256pp 80pp in colour	£20
Spink's Standard Catalogue of British Orders, Decorations & Medals, Litherland & Simpkin
1990 222pp. Long out-of-print, this is the fore-runner to Medals Yearbk. Lots of colour, & pix	£30
Spink's Standard Catalogue of British Orders, Decorations & Medals, by Joslin 1983,
original version, to be superseded by book above. 191pp, illustrated (in colour for Orders)	£15
Book of Orders & Decorations, Mericka 1975 248pp Hugely illustrated	£70
Another copy, this one 2nd edition 1990, same colour illustrations, but text in German!
entitled "Faleristik" 252pp 1976	£35
A History of the Early Orders of Knighthood and Chivalry Neville 1978 59 b/w plates	£14
The Second World War, AJP Taylor, An Illustrated History 1975 235pp	£10
US/CS The Civil War (USA) - Brother against Brother; The War Begins. TimeLife bks Davis /83	£10
Standard Catalogue of British OD&M, by Joslin, Spink's 2nd ed. 1972 44pp, plus 61pp of plates	£10
Civil War, Troiani & Pohanka 1995 189pp	£18
War Medals and Decorations - issued to the British Military and Naval Forces from 1588 - 1898
2nd Edition, Hastings - Irwin 1899 404pp+13 plates	£40
The Queen's orders of Chivalry, De La Bere 1961 212pp	£25
The Queen's orders of Chivalry - revised Edition, De La Bere 1964 228pp	£30
The Medals of our fighting men, Johnson 120pp	£25
Europaische Orden ab 1700 Katalog - ohne Deutschland, Graf Klenau 1978 216pp	£15
Victoria Cross: WWI Airmen and Their Aircraft, Revell 1997 96pp Many colour illus.	£12
The Face of the Third Reich - a Pelican Book, Joachim C. Fest 1963 607pp	£5
British Gallantry Awards, Abbott & Tamplin 1981 316pp. The standard work.	£25
4th The Queen's Royal Regiment - Unofficial War History with chapter on the 2/5th Battalion,	£20
by Captain Bannermann MC 1931 105pp	£18
Lyle Official Arms & Armour review 1979 382pp - illustrates many guns, rifles, swords, etc	£10
Gallantry, Wilson & McEwen OUP 1939, as new. 498pp	£35
The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1920 - 1950 Chaplin 1954 510pp	£40
The Honourable Artillery Company 1537 - 1947 by Goold Walker 1954 380pp	£30
Battenberg Publications - (in German)
European Orders, by Nimmergut 1981 208pp many illustrations	£15
Old Weapons, by Hermann & Wagner 1979 179pp illustrated	£10
Militaria, by Hermann 1978 153pp many b/w pix	£8
A Short Account of 3rd Green Jackets The Rifle Brigade Verner/Parkyn/Curtis 1959 44pp	£5
The King's Royal Rifle Corps (60th Rifles) 1755 - 1955 Bi-centenary edition; pamphlet.	£3
A Brief History of the King's Royal Rifle Corps 1755 to 1948 3rd ed. 1948 115pp	£17
The King's Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle 1964 142pp front cover embossed with cap badge	£17
The King's Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle 1961 126pp front cover embossed with cap badge	£17
FAMOUS REGIMENTS -
The King's Royal Rifle Corps H F Wood 1967 149pp	£10
The King's Own, Green 1972 143pp	£10
Britain's Brigade of Gurkhas Smith 1973 177pp	£10
The Middlesex Regiment Blaxland 1977 142pp	£10
The Royal Norfolk Regiment Carew 1967 156pp	£10
The Royal Horse Artillery Bidwell 1973 115pp	£10
The Royal Fusiliers Foss 1967 153pp	£10
The Royal Scots Brander 1976 110pp	£10
The Scots Guards Goodinge 1969 149pp	£10
The Royal Hampshire Regiment 1968 127pp	£10
The Women's Royal Army Corps, Bidwell 1977 141pp	£10
The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Peacock 1970 128pp	£10
The Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment 1969 120pp	£10
The Loyal Regiment Langley 1976 118pp	£10
The Black Watch Howard 1968 141pp	£10
The Somerset Light Infantry Popham 1968 149pp	£10