THE MILITARY MEDALS & INSIGNIA COLLECTION ~~~~~~~~ A truly unique and wonderful
collection of almost 150 rare, out-of-print books, catalogs and guides
compiled together for the first time on USB flash drive covering all aspects of MEDALS, INSIGNIA & DECORATION. From the medals of Ancient Rome to the decorative war medals of America and Great Britain, this vast collection
has it all. Discover the various medals of the world's armed forces and how
they were won. Study the orders, decorations and insignia, both military and
civil from around the world as well as their history and origins. Read the
stories of those distinguished men and women who were awarded medals for
bravery and honour. Learn about the medallic history of Rome,
the United States, Britain and much
more!!
Some of the books contained
within this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a valuable
library of reference material for any collector or military enthusiast. Overall,
this is an absolute must for any collector or indeed anyone with an interest in medals, numismatics and
military insignia and uniform. The full list of titles included speaks for
itself…. This superb compilation of
149 vintage books provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great
content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books
have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to
read on your laptop or computer, or transfer to tablet, smartphone, kindle or
e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages. Most of the books
are written in English with several additional texts other languages including French, German,
Italian and Spanish (see the full list below). This is without doubt the
most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by rare-book-collections,
and only available here!
The Full List of Titles
Included is as Follows:
Books
in English Language: A description
of the series of medals struck at the National medal mint by order of Napoleon
Bonaparte - J. C. Laskey (1818) A guide to the
Department of coins and medals in the British museum - G. F. Hill (1922) A list of
medals, jettons, tokens, etc. in connection with printers and the art of
printing - W. Blades (1869) American
decorations - a list of awards of the Congressional Medal of Honor, the
Distinguished-Service Cross and the Distinguished-Service Medal. (1921) American
orders & societies and their decorations by J. Hood (1917) An index to
the coins and medals of the cabinet of the Mint of the United States at Philadelphia (1891) An index to
the coins and medals of the cabinet of the Mint of the United States at Philadelphia (1895) Architectura
numismatica; or, Architectural medals of classic antiquity - T. L. Donaldson
(1859) Army and navy
information - uniforms, organizations, arms and equipment of the warring powers
by D. W. C. Falls
(1917) Army and navy
uniforms and insignia - how to know rank, corps and service in the military and
naval forces of the United States and foreign countries by D. Williams (1918) Army uniforms
of the world by F. G. Blakeslee (1919) Badges and
their meaning - unknown author (1916) British
military & naval medals and decorations by J. H. Gibson (1880) British war
medals and other decorations, military and naval - J. H. Gibson (1866) Catalogue of
gold, silver, copper, brass, bronze and porcelain coins and medals - composed
of the well known collections of Dr. Spiers and C. T. Ward, Jr. (1909) Catalogue of
the collection of Greek, Roman and English coins - E. J. M. Chaloner (1895) Catalogue of
the extensive and valuable James Ten Eyck numismatic collection of rare coins
and medals of the world (1922) Catalogue of
the magnificent collection of American colonial coins, historical and national
medals ... Canadian coins and metals, etc. - G. Parsons (1914) Catalogue of
the medals of Scotland
from the earliest period to the present time - R. W. Cochran-Patrick (1884) Catalogue of
the valuable cabinet of Greek, Roman and medieval foreign coins and medals of
the late Thomas Thomas (1844) Chats on
military curios by S. C. Johnson (1915) Coins and
medals - G. F. Hill (1920) Coins and
medals - their place in history and art - S. Lane-Poole (1892) Coins,
medals, and seals - ancient and modern - W. C. Prime (1861) Coins, tokens
and medals of the Dominion of Canada
- A. Sandham (1869) Congressional
medal of honor - United
States War Dept.
(1920) Crow's Nest -
Issue 1 Crow's Nest -
Issue 2 Crow's Nest -
Issue 3 Crow's Nest -
Issue 4 Crow's Nest -
Issue 6 Crow's Nest -
Issue 8 Crow's Nest -
Issue 9 Crow's Nest -
Issue 10 Crow's Nest -
Issue 11 (draft issue) Crow's Nest -
Issue 11 Crow's Nest -
Issue 12 Crow's Nest -
Issue 13 Crow's Nest -
Specialty & Distinguishing Marks Deeds of
valor; how America's
heroes won the Medal of Honor Vols. 1 & 2 - W. F. Beyer (1901) Description
of a selection of coins and medals relating to America
- W. S. Appleton (1870) Dress and
insignia worn at His Majesty's court, issued with the authority of the lord
chamberlain - H. A. P. Trendell (1921) Edwards's
military catalogue by F. Edwards (1907) Emblems of
service, Massachusetts.
Office of the Secretary of State (1918) Five Roman
gold medallions, or, Multiple solidi of the late Empire - A. B. Brett (1921) Gold war
medals awarded to British military & naval forces from Elizabeth
to Victoria
by J. L. Whalley (1888) Guide to the
numismatic collection of the Mint of the United
States at Philadelphia,
Pa (1913) Handbook on
the British Army (1921) History of
the orders of knighthood of the British Empire
... and of the medals, clasps, and crosses, conferred for naval and military
services by N. Nicolas (1842) International
medallic exhibition of the American Numismatic Society, opening on the twelfth
of March, 1910. Catalogue (1910) Italian
medals - C. Von Fabriczy (1904) Medallic
history of Napoleon - A. L. Millin (1819) Medallic illustrations
of the history of Great Britain
and Ireland
to the death of George II Vols. 1 & 2 - E. Hawkins (1885) Medals and
decorations of the British army and navy Vols. 1 & 2 - J. H. Mayo (1897) Medals and
medallions - Civil War Commemorative Medals (1921) Medals and
publications of the American numismatic society - B. L. Belden (1915) Medals of
honor awarded for distinguished service during the war of the rebellion by F.
H. Stafford (1886) Medals of
honor by J. Hopper (1921) Medals of
honor issued by the War department, up to, 1897, with laws, orders, and
regulations relative to the medal, the ribbon to be worn with the medal (1897) Medals of the
British navy and how they were won - W. H. Long (1895) Medals of the
Roman pontiffs from Martin v., 1417, to Pius IX., 1870 (1882) Medals,
coins, great seals, and other works of Thomas Simon - G. Vertue (1780) Memoirs of
the generals, commodores, and other commanders, who distinguished
themselves...and who were presented with medals by Congress, for their gallant
services by T. Wyatt (1848) Mexican
imperial coinage; the medals and coins of Augustine I (Iturbide), Maximilian,
the French invasion, and of the republic during the French intervention - B.
Betts (1899) Military And
Naval Recognition Book - A Handbook On The Organization, Uniforms And Insignia
Of Rank Of The World's Armed Forces by J. W. Bunkley (1918) Numismata
Cromwelliana or, The medallic history of Oliver Cromwell, illustrated by his
coins, medals, and seals - H. W. Henfrey (1877) Orders,
decorations and insignia, military and civil; with the history and romance of
their origin and a full description of each by R. E. Wyllie (1921) Papers
relative to the regalia of Scotland
by W. Bell (1829) Popular
illustrated guide to Canadian coins, medals, etc. - P. N. Breton (1912) Portrait
medals of Italian artists of the Renaissance - G. F. Hill (1912) Record of
medals of honor issued to the officers and enlisted men of the United States
navy, Marine corps and Coast guard, United States Navy Dept. (1921) Regulations
and decisions pertaining to the uniform of the Army of the United States -
United States War Dept. (1897) Regulations
for the uniform and dress of the Army of the United States, 1861 - United
States War Dept (1861) Regulations
for the uniform of the United States Army - United States War Dept. (1912) Regulations
governing the uniform and equipments of officers and enlisted men of the United States Marine Corps - United States Marine Corps (1900) Report of the
Committee on relics - uniforms of women worn during the war (1922) Roman
medallions in the British museum - H. A. Grueber (1874) Syracusan
medallions and their engravers in the light of recent finds - A. Evans (1892) The ABC of
war medals and decorations by W. A. Steward (1918) The book of
orders of knighthood and decorations of honour of all nations - B. Burke (1858) The
commemorative medal in the service of Germany by G. F. Hill (1917) The English
regalia by C. Davenport (1897) The Indiana medal -
commemorating the completion of a century of statehood, 1816-1916 - J. Scudder
(1916) The Medal
Collector A Guide to Naval, Military, Air-Force, and Civil Medals and Ribbons -
S. C. Johnson (1921) The medallic
history of imperial Rome
Vols. 1 & 2 - W. Cooke (1781) The medallic
history of the United States
of America, 1776-1876 Vols. 1 & 2 - J.
F. Loubat (1878) The medals of
our fighting men by S. C. Johnson (1921) The medals of
the masonic fraternity described and illustrated - W. T. R. Marvin (1880) The national
medals of the United States.
A paper read before the Maryland
historical society, March 14, 1887 - R. M. McSherry (1887) The science
of gems, jewels, coins, and medals, ancient and modern - A. Billing (1867) The service
and its insignia - Bailey, Banks & Biddle Company (1917) Their glory
cannot fade; this souvenir, illustrating the insignia of the Canadian Army, is
a simple tribute to the Canadian soldiers who went overseas (1918) Thirty
Canadian V. C s. 23rd April 1915 to 30th
March 1918 (1918) Tokens of the
eighteenth century - W. Longman (1916) Uncle Sam's
fact book of the world war (1918) Uncle Sam's
Medal of Honor - T. F. Rodenbough (1886) Uniform and
dress of the army of the Confederate States - S. Cooper (1861) Uniform Of
The Army Of The United States
- United States
Army (1886) Uniforms Of
Seven Allies - United States.
Department of the Army (1921) Uniforms of the
American Marines; including the uniform of the Colonial American
Marines, 1740- by E. N. McClellan (1921) War medals
and decorations issued to the British military and naval forces and allies 1588
to 1910 by D. H. Irwin (1910) War medals
and their history by W. A. Steward (1915) War medals of
the British army, and how they were won by T. Carter (1893) Books
in Foreign Languages: Lud. Smids.
M.D. Emblemata heroica, of, De medalische sinnebeelden der ses en dertigh
graaven van Holland
(1712) Album
militaire - unknown author (1800) Collection de
plombs historiés trouvés dans la Seine et
recueillis par Arthur Forgeais (1866) Dictionnaire
historique des ordres de chevalerie - H. Gourdon de Genouillac (1860) Histoire du
roy Louis le Grand, par les medailles, emblêmes, deuises, jettons,
inscriptions, armoiries, et autres monumens publics - C. F. Menestrier (1691) Histoire
metallique de la republique de Hollande Vols. 2 & 3 - P. Bizot (1688) La science
des medailles antiques et modernes - pour l'instruction des personnes qui
s'appliquent à les connoître - L. Jobert (1717) Les jetons de
l'échevinage parisien - A. Daffrey de la Monnoye (1878) Les médailles
romaines de Christine de Suède - C. Bildt (1908) Les
médailleurs de la renaissance - A. Heiss (1883) Les
médailleurs italiens des quinzième et seizième siècles Vol. 1 & 2 - A.
Armand (1883) Les
médailleurs italiens des quinzième et seizième siècles Vol. 3 - A. Armand
(1883) Maniere de
discerner les medailles antiques de celles, qui sont contrefaites - G. Beauvais
(1794) Nouvelles
recherches sur la science des medailles, inscriptions, et hieroglyphes antiques
- L. Poinsinet de Sivry (1778) Oeuvre du
chevalier Hedlinger, ou, Recueil des medailles de ce celebre artiste, gravées
en taille douce (1778) Remarques
historiques sur les medailles et les monnoyes - J. D. Kohler (1740) Souvenirs
numismatiques de la Révolution de 1848 -
L. Saulcy (1848) Die deutschen
Medailleure des 16. Jahrhunderts - G. Habich (1916) Die
Wiedererweckung der Medaille - A. Lichtwark (1897) Medaillen der
italienischen Renaissance - C. Von Fabriczy (1903) Plaketten,
Medaillen, Siegel - A. Lorcher (1900) Aquila vaga,
sub qua ex diuersis nationibus et familijs a VVilhelmo Hollando vsquè ad
Sigismundum Lutzelburgium occidentis imperatorem XXXIX - G. Palazzi (1679) Dichiarazioni
della pianta dell'antiche Siracuse, e d'alcune scelte medaglie d'esse, e de'
principi che quelle possedettero - V. Mirabella e Alagona (1613) Emblemata
anniversaria Academiae Altorfinae - stvdiorvm ivventvtis exercitandorvm cavsa
proposita et variorvm orationibvs exposita (1597) I medaglioni
romani, descritti ed illustrati da Francesco Gnecchi Vols. 1 & 2 (1912) I piombi
antichi - F. Ficoroni (1740) Introduzione
alla storia della pratica delle medaglie - C. Patin (1673) Sylloge
numismatum elegantiorum - J. J. Luck (1620) Skarbiec i
archiwum koronne w dobie przedjagielloskiej - O. Balzer (1917) Nagrudnye
znaki Russkoi Armii - S. Andolenko (1966) Disertación
sobre las medallas desconocidas españoles - I.
Pérez de Sarrió y Paravisino (1800) Monetario
americano (ilustrado) clasificado - A. A. Rosa (1892) Museo
militar; historia del
ejército español - Vols. 1 - 3 - F. Barado y Font (1880) An absolute must
for anyone with an interest in medals, insignia and military uniform – an
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