British Military Medals: A Guide for the Collector and Family Historian Second Edition

by Peter Duckers

Overview

Fully revised second edition of Peter Duckers best-selling guide to military medals.

This second edition of Peter Duckers best-selling British Military Medals traces the history of medals and gallantry awards from Elizabethan times to the modern day, and it features an expert account of their design and production. Campaign and gallantry medals are a key to understanding - and exploring - British and imperial military history, and to uncovering the careers and exploits of individual soldiers. In a series of succinct and well-organized chapters he explains how medals originated, to whom they were awarded and how the practice of giving medals has developed over the centuries. His work is a guide for collectors and for local and family historians who want to learn how to use medals to discover the history of military units and the experiences of individuals who served in them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781473829831
Publisher:	Pen & Sword Books Limited
Publication date:	05/20/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	190
File size:	40 MB
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About the Author

Peter Duckers has been a collector of British campaign and gallanary medals for many years and now specialises in awards ito the Indian Army. He is a Fellow of the royal Asiatic Society, a Fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society, a member of the Orders and Medals Research Society, the Military Historical Society and the Indian Military Historical Society. He is the curator of the Shropshire Regimental Museum at the Castle, Shrewsbury.